Minnesota State Mankato’s Nov. 1 History Department Fall Forum to Examine Historical Perspective of Policing in Minneapolis

Tuesday, November 1, 2022
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Ostrander Auditorium

Mankato, Minn. – Two guest lecturers will provide their historical perspectives on policing in Minneapolis during a History Department Fall Forum on Tuesday, Nov. 1 from 7-8:30 p.m. in Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Ostrander Auditorium, located in the University’s Centennial Student Union.

The lecture is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the presentation.

The presentation, by faculty members Yohuru Williams from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Michael Lansing from Augsburg University in Minneapolis, is titled “Overpoliced and Underprotected in Minneapolis: Historical Perspectives.”

Williams is the founding director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas. News links highlight Lansing’s insight on racial injustice in Minneapolis from a historical perspective.

For more information, contact Lori Lahlum, professor and graduate program coordinator in Minnesota State Mankato’s Department of History, by email at lori.lahlum@mnsu.edu or by phone at 507-389-6334.

The lecture is sponsored by Minnesota State Mankato’s Department of History, which is part of the University’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

University co-sponsors include the College of Humanities and Social Sciences; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Kessel Peace Institute; Library Services; Department of Sociology; and Department of Ethnic Studies.

Minnesota State Mankato, a comprehensive university with 14,482 students, is part of the Minnesota State system, which includes 26 colleges and seven universities.