# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Virtual Author Talk: Beronda Montgomery
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 25 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: When Trees Testify: Reclaiming America’s Black Botanical Legacy with Beronda Montgomery

Join us for a riveting conversation with award-winning biologist Beronda Montgomery as we discuss her book, When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy. 

The histories of trees in America are also the histories of Black Americans. Pecan trees were domesticated by an enslaved African named Antoine; sycamore trees were both havens and signposts for people trying to escape enslavement; poplar trees are historically associated with lynching; and willow bark has offered the gift of medicine. These trees, and others, testify not only to the complexity of the Black American narrative but also to a heritage of Black botanical expertise that, like Native American traditions, predates the United States entirely.

In When Trees Testify, award-winning plant biologist Beronda L. Montgomery explores the ways seven trees, as well as the cotton shrub, are intertwined with Black history and culture. She reveals how knowledge surrounding these trees has shaped America since the very beginning. As Montgomery shows, trees are material witnesses to the lives of enslaved Africans and their descendants.

Combining the wisdom of science and history with stories from her own path to botany, Montgomery talks to majestic trees, and in this unique and compelling narrative, they answer.

Registration required to attend the live discussion. Click "Tickets" link to register. 
Past event recordings available.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/palm-springs-california/virtual-author-talk-beronda-montgomery/200030563972145
- **Event Categories**: science-fair, Art, literary-art, Nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 2

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Palm Springs, California
- **location**: Online event
- **full address**: Online event, 4721 E Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92264-5218, United States, Palm Springs, California

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Virtual Author Talk: Beronda Montgomery being held?
  - **A:** Virtual Author Talk: Beronda Montgomery takes place on Tue, 25 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Tue, 25 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm at Online event, 4721 E Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92264-5218, United States, Palm Springs, California.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Virtual Author Talk: Beronda Montgomery?
  - **A:** Virtual Author Talk: Beronda Montgomery is organized by Palm Springs Public Library.

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