Race, Health, and Epidemics: A Collection Review and Discussion

Jasmine Smith

The Library Company of Philadelphia

Tuesday, February 9, 2021 5:00 pm EST

Online Event

Supported, in part, by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
 
Join Jasmine Smith, our African American History Specialist and Reference Librarian for a live collection review featuring items from our first ever Mellon Scholars on-line exhibition, Déjà Vu: We’ve Been Here Before: Race, Health, and Epidemics. Explore collections from the 18th and 19th century that document the long and chronicled history of medical racism from the 1793 Yellow Fever epidemic to the present.
 
To register for this event, please contact Special Events & Membership Coordinator Colleen Gill at cgill@librarycompany.org.
 
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