Lecture and conversation: “When Trees Testify”
October 27 @ 9:30 am – 10:45 am
Beronda L. Montgomery, award-winning plant biologist and author of Lessons from Plants (Harvard University Press, 2021) explores in her latest book, When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy, the ways seven kinds of trees are intertwined with African American history and culture.
As Dr. Montgomery details, pecan trees were domesticated by an enslaved African named Antoine, sycamore trees were both havens and signposts for people trying to escape enslavement, and willow bark offered the gift of medicine. Combining science and history with stories from her own life, Dr. Montgomery will have a conversation with historian Omar H. Ali for all to join.
Online Event via Let’s Learn!: The World as Classroom
Co-sposored by:
UNCG Department of Biology
UNCG Department of History
UNCG African American & African Diaspora Studies Program
