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From West Africa to enslavement in North Carolina to post-Civil War Tennessee, the McKissacks survived and then thrived in this country, founding a construction business which is now the leading Black design and construction firm, McKissack & McKissack. Hear from fifth generation family member and executive Cheryl McKissack Daniel, in dialogue with Brennan Gilbane Koch of Gilbane Building Company, about their family’s history. 

Join Professor of Archaeology Christopher Gerrard to learn about a 350-year-old mystery and its links to Scottish heritage in New England.

From the acclaimed author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time comes a brilliantly written, darkly funny, lavishly illustrated memoir exploring the complexities of family life and art. The award-winning author Claire Messud joins Mark Haddon for a discussion of Leaving Home and memoir writing.