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Lecture Series / Brown Bag
Presenter:
Samuel Black
Date:
Saturday, April 27, 2019 - 09:00
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As Scheduled
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Location still to be determined
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The African American Program section of the Heinz History Center and the AAHGS will be sponsoring a community-based workshop on DNA testing and African American genealogy. This workshop will highlight the significance of the global migration of Africans to the Americas, and the possibilities and challenges that DNA testing enables for understanding genealogy. With Samuel Black, Director of the African American Program at the Senator John Heinz History Center and Marlene Bransom, President of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, AAHGS.
UCIS Unit:
Center for African Studies
Global Studies Center
Other Pitt Sponsors:
Center for Bioethics and Health Law
Center for Health Equity
Department of Human Genetics
Department of Sociology
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Urban Studies Program
World History Center
Year of Pitt Global