Historically Speaking: Intersecting Race, DNA, And Demography
Event Details
NPR’s Michel Martin moderated a discussion with Alondra Nelson, Rick Kittles and Vence Bonham on how new findings in genetics tear down old ideas about race, grapple with the unfinished business of slavery, inspire meaningful conversation of reparations, establish ties with ancestral homelands and advance biomedical research.
Online
Discussion
This program was made possible by contributions from the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health and support from the National Human Genome Research Institute.
Panel
Moderator

Michel Martin
- Weekend Host
- All Things Considered
Panelists

Vence L. Bonham Jr., J.D.
- Senior Advisor to the NHGRI Director on Genomics and Health Disparities
- Office of the Director
Panelists cont'd

Alondra Nelson, Ph.D.
- President
- Social Science Research Council

Rick Kittles, Ph.D.
- Co-founder
- African Ancestry, Inc.
Last updated: September 10, 2020