Author Talk: Scott Seligman – A Second Reckoning: Race, Injustice, and the Last Hanging in Annapolis

Join us as author and historian Scott Seligman returns to DOROT to speak about his latest book. A Second Reckoning tells the story of John Snowden, a Black man accused of the murder of a pregnant white woman in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1917.

Decades after his death, thanks to tireless efforts, Snowden was pardoned by the governor of Maryland. A Second Reckoning uses Snowden’s case to bring posthumous pardons into the national conversation about amends for past racial injustices. Mr. Seligman argues that the repeal of racist laws and policies must be augmented by reckoning with America’s judicial past. You won’t want to miss this important discussion.

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