Marcus Rediker
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Marcus Buford Rediker is an American historian, writer, professor, and social activist. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1976 and attended the University of Pennsylvania for graduate study, earning an Master of Arts and Ph.D. in history. He taught at Georgetown University from 1982 to 1994 and is currently a Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History of the Department of History at the University of Pittsburgh.
Rediker's resignation from Tate Britain centered around J.M.W. Turner's unfinished 1835 painting A Disaster at Sea.
Rediker wrote a book and a play on Quaker abolitionist Benjamin Lay (pictured). Rediker called Lay “the most fascinating historical person that most people have never heard of,”.
A contemporary painting of the slave ship La Amistad. Rediker aimed to explain the planning behind its July 1839 slave revolt.
A statue of Hercules fighting the Lernaean Hydra. Rediker has used this imagery as symbolism for class struggle.
Owensboro, Kentucky
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Owensboro is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Daviess County, Kentucky, United States. It is the fourth-most populous city in the state. Owensboro is located on U.S. Route 60 and Interstate 165 about 107 miles (172 km) southwest of Louisville, and is the principal city of the Owensboro metropolitan area. The 2020 census had its population at 60,183. The metropolitan population was estimated at 116,506. The metropolitan area is the sixth largest in the state as of 2018, and the seventh largest population center in the state when including micropolitan areas.
Corner of West 3rd and St. Ann Streets in Owensboro
Dudley Morton Memorial at the American Legion Hall
Military memorial on the riverfront
Owensboro BBQ Festival, 2008