University of Texas at Austin Prof. Talitha LeFlouria presented her research about “the South’s most inconspicuous workforce” — incarcerated Black women — Tuesday afternoon in Harris Hall.
The event, which drew over 70 community members, was part of the Chabraja Center for Historical Studies’ annual lunch lecture series inviting faculty and graduate students to engage in ongoing conversations about historical materials.
LeFlouria is a nationally recognized historian and award-winning author. She is best known for her six-time award-winning book “Chained in Silence: Black Women and Convict Labor in the New South,” which highlights the harsh realities Black women faced and the work they contributed to U.S southern industry in the convict lease and chain gang systems of late 19th-century Georgia…