Fifty-one years ago on February 4\, 1974\, the FBI captured \;Patty \;Hearst\, a young heiress \;and wan ted fugitive\, \;in San Francisco. A year earlier\, the Symbionese Lib eration Army (SLA)\, a tiny group of urban radicals committed to violent r evolution\, had kidnapped \;Hearst \;from her home in Berkeley\, C alifornia. Months later\, she announced that she had joined the SLA and as "Tania" brandished an assault rifle in an armed bank robbery. Was \;H earst \;a willing accomplice or a brainwashed victim? What does the pu blic reaction to her controversial saga and subsequent trial suggest about U.S. politics and culture in the 1970s? In this multimedia presentation\, Dr. Michael Flamm will explore these questions and many more.
\nProfessor Michael Flamm \;received t he Welch Award for Scholarly Achievement (2022) and the Welch Meritorious Teaching Award (2012) at Ohio Wesleyan University\, where he taught for tw enty-five years. \;The author or co-author of five books and an audiob ook\, he served as a Fulbright Scholar and a faculty consultant to the Nat ional Endowment for the Humanities\, the College Board\, and the National Academy of Sciences. He was also an elected member of the executive board of the Organization of American Historians\, \;the largest professiona l association dedicated to the teaching and study of U.S. history.
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