Award-winning plant biologist Beronda L. Montgomery 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.

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.