Madness Virtual Viewing and Post-Discussion

Feb 12, 2025 6:00pm-8:30pm

Blaisdell Hall Room 138

The Hanley Library will host a virtual viewing of author Antonia Hylton, a Peabody and Emmy award-winning journalist who wrote Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum. This text chronicles Crownsville Hospital's ninety-three-year history and the stories of Black families whose mental health suffered as they tried, and sometimes failed, to find safety and dignity.  

Note: The content in this investigative journalism text includes the harsh and painstaking realities of the mistreatment and oppression of Black people during the Jim Crow era and beyond.  Content includes: mental illness, systemic racism, sexual assault, forced institutionalization and confinement, brutality, drug use, death, and grief.    

The virtual viewing of the author and a post-discussion will be hosted on Wednesday, February 12, at 6 PM in Blaisdell 138.  Dr. Jean Truman has agreed to co-host the post-discussion.  

The print book is on reserve with a checkout time of 7 days. There is also an eBook available. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me.

No registration is required.  Light refreshments will be provided.