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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk with Beronda Montgomery
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a riveting conversation with award-winning
 biologist Beronda Montgomery as we discuss her book\, When Trees
 Testify: Science\, Wisdom\, History\, and America’s Black Botanical
 Legacy.\n\nThe histories of trees in America are also the histories of
 Black Americans. Pecan trees were domesticated by an enslaved African named
 Antoine\; sycamore trees were both havens and signposts for people trying
 to escape enslavement\; poplar trees are historically associated with
 lynching\; and willow bark has offered the gift of medicine. These trees\,
 and others\, testify not only to the complexity of the Black American
 narrative but also to a heritage of Black botanical expertise that\, like
 Native American traditions\, predates the United States
 entirely.\n\nIn When Trees Testify\, award-winning plant biologist Beronda
 L. Montgomery explores the ways seven trees\, as well as the cotton shrub\,
 are intertwined with Black history and culture. She reveals how knowledge
 surrounding these trees has shaped America since the very beginning. As
 Montgomery shows\, trees are material witnesses to the lives of enslaved
 Africans and their descendants.\n\nCombining the wisdom of science and
 history with stories from her own path to botany\, Montgomery talks to
 majestic trees\, and in this unique and compelling narrative\, they
 answer.\n\nRegister today for this insightful discussion about Black
 history and botanical mastery in the library calendar.
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