Who's Black and Why?: A Hidden Chapter from the Eighteenth-Century Invention of Race

The American Writers Museum presents a conversation between editor Andrew S. Curran and biological anthropologist Nina G. Jablonski. Curran, along with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is the editor of the new collection "Who's Black and Why?: A Hidden Chapter from the Eighteenth-Century Invention of Race." The first translation and publication of sixteen submissions to the notorious eighteenth-century Bordeaux essay contest on the cause of black skin―an indispensable chronicle of the rise of scientifically based, anti-Black racism. Order your copy of "Who's Black and Why?" here: https://bookshop.org/a/628/9780674244269


This program originally took place May 4, 2022 and was recorded live via Zoom. For a full list up upcoming events and programs with the American Writers Museum, click here: https://americanwritersmuseum.org/cal...