This event is in the past.It took place on April 17, 2026 at Literati Bookstore.




Hear MacArthur Fellow Dorothy Roberts share her new memoir about growing up in an interracial family in 1960s Chicago. The acclaimed scholar behind Killing the Black Body weaves personal history with America's complex racial legacy in this intimate evening at one of the Midwest's beloved independent bookstores.
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Hear MacArthur Fellow Dorothy Roberts share her new memoir about growing up in an interracial family in 1960s Chicago. The acclaimed scholar behind Killing the Black Body weaves personal history with America's complex racial legacy in this intimate evening at one of the Midwest's beloved independent bookstores.
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