Quincy House Senior Common Room, 58 Plympton Street, Cambridge, MA
Author's Talk Daniel Brook will discuss his new book 'The Accident of Color: A Story of Race in Reconstruction'
“The Accident of Color is a spell-binding exploration of mixedrace Charlestonians and New Orleanians who had built complex lives across the color line during...
Christopher Ehret, Distinguished Research Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Ancient Africa in World History: Invention, Innovation, Impact
Nov. 5: “African Historical Firsts” 10th-century BCE iron smelting furnace from Rwanda Reconstruction by the archaeologist Marie-Claude Van Grunderbeek
Nov. 6: “Ancient Africa: Crops, Commerce, and the Export of Innovation” Ruins of a 2nd millennium BCE town in West Africa Augustin Holl
