Join us for an exciting night with Scott Ellsworth, as he discusses

Midnight on the Potomac,

with author Andy Kroll

To be held at Solid State Books on H St. NE

Tickets are available here!

Join UMDC for an evening with noted author and U-M Afroamerican and African Studies Professor Scott Ellsworth as he discusses his new, long-awaited book "Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America."

Professor Ellsworth has written the most compelling new book about the American Civil War in recent years. Focusing on the last, desperate months of the war, when the outcome was far from certain, "Midnight on the Potomac" is a story of titanic battles, political upheaval, and the long-forgotten Confederate terror war against those living in the North.

Professor Ellsworth will be in conversation with Andy Kroll, U-M alumnus and well-known investigative reporter for Pro Publica. (Andy is the author of the compelling book "A Death on W Street: The Murder of Seth Rich and the Age of Conspiracy.")

You will have an opportunity to purchase and have copies signed of "Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America" and Professor Ellsworth's classic book on the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, "The Ground Breaking: The Tulsa Race Massacre and an American City's Search for Justice."

There is a modest registration fee. Space is limited, so register soon!

Please note: The event will begin promptly at 6:30 PM, and we encourage you to arrive early.

Scott Ellsworth is the New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Game, which was the winner of the 2016 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing, and The Ground Breaking, which won the Housatonic Book Award. He has written about American history for The New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. Formerly a historian at the Smithsonian Institution, he is the author of Death in a Promised Land, his groundbreaking account of the 1921 Tulsa race riot. He lives with his wife and twin sons in Ann Arbor, where he teaches in the Afroamerican and African studies department at the University of Michigan