The Museum of Science is hosting a live conversation with Andrew Curran and
AAAS Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the authors of the newly released book,
Who’s Black and Why?: A Hidden Chapter from the Eighteenth-Century Invention of Race on
Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 7:00pm(Eastern). The book, a compilation of centuries-old, never-before-published essays from Bordeaux’s Royal Academy of Sciences, also includes a detailed introduction and headnotes written by the authors examining the essays and providing insight into the origins of anti-Black racism and colorism in the West. The conversation will be moderated by
AAAS Professor Evelynn Hammonds. For more information and to purchase $35.00 tickets (cost includes a copy of the book) to this in-person event visit the Museum of Science's
website.
