History Lounge: Black White Blue: The Assassination of Patrolman Sackett

History Lounge: Black White Blue: The Assassination of Patrolman Sackett
Minnesota History Center, St. Paul MN

Join local historians, authors and experts for evening conversations about the history that shapes Minnesota and its people.

On May 22, 1970, responding to a bogus emergency call, St. Paul patrolman James Sackett was killed by a sniper’s bullet fired from a high-powered rifle. The white officer’s assassination was a shocking event and a once peaceful, close-knit community, St. Paul’s Summit-University neighborhood, reached a boiling point. Thirty-six years later, two African American grandfathers, Ronald Reed and Larry Clark, were convicted in controversial trials that forced the city to relive its contentious past.

Join award-winning journalist William Swanson, author of "Black White Blue: The Assassination of Patrolman Sackett" (MHS Press, September 2012), as he recounts one of the most extraordinary cold cases in U.S. history. Book signing will follow the presentation.

•  Free; no reservations needed
•  Enjoy dessert, snacks, beer and wine available from Café Minnesota during the program.

For more information visit http://www.minnesotahistorycenter.org/lounge