George H. Johnson Prize Lecture: Kenneth Janken

African, African American and Diaspora Studies Professor Kenneth Janken will deliver the George H. Johnson Prize Lecture as the recipient of the 2022 award.

As part of the award ceremony, Janken will give a lecture titled, “Bringing the Wilmington Ten to the Public’s Attention: One Historian’s Experience in Public Humanities.” An audience Q&A will follow.

Janken’s most recent book, The Wilmington Ten: Violence, Injustice, and the Rise of Black Politics in the 1970s, received the Clarendon Award from the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society.