Library, Civil War Commission to Host Author/Professor Michael Trotti

Tompkins County Public Library, in partnership with the Tompkins County Civil War Sesquicentennial Commemoration Commission (TCCWSCC), will host “The Civil War After the Civil War:  How the South Won,” a presentation by Michael Trotti, November 5 at 6 p.m. in the Library’s BorgWarner Community Room.

A Professor of United States History at Ithaca College and author of “The Body in the Reservoir: Murder and Sensationalism in the South,” Trotti will provide an illustrated discussion of how racial tensions following the Civil War remained prevalent in the South and refueled, following a few short years of Republican rule-- racial division throughout the nation.

This program is being presented as part of a five-year partnership between the Library and the TCCWSCC to provide opportunities for community conversation and increased awareness about the Civil War.  It is free and open to the public.

For more information about Library programs, contact Carrie Wheeler-Carmenatty at cwheeler@tcpl.org or (607) 272-4557 extension 248.  For information about the Tompkins County Civil War Sesquicentennial Commemoration Commission, contact Carol Kammen, Tompkins County historian, at ckk6@cornell.edu.