#  AAAS Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Discusses Who's Black and Why? 

 





February 24, 2022

 

 

The Museum of Science is hosting a live conversation with Andrew Curran and **[AAAS Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.](/people/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](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674244269)* 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](/people/evelynn-m-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](https://www.mos.org/subspace/whos-black-and-why).

 

 

 



 

 

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