Race and Inequality in America: A Conversation with Heather McGhee
Virtual Event RSVP: go.umd.edu/AFAM_Lecture-HeatherMcGhee_RegFeb2022
This special event Is sponsored by:
Department of African American Studies
The John B. Slaughter Endowment Lecture Series
The Office of the President, University of Maryland
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Maryland
School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
The Pepsi Enhancement Fund
About the Speaker
Heather designs and promotes solutions to inequality in America. Over her career in public policy, Heather has crafted legislation, testified before Congress and helped shape presidential campaign platforms. Her book The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together spent 10 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was longlisted for the National Book Award and Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. The New York Times called it, “The book that should change how progressives talk about race.” and the Chicago Tribune said, “Required reading to move the country forward…”. It is a Washington Post and TIME Magazine Must-Read Book of 2021. The paperback version will be out in February 2022. The Sum of Us will be adapted into a Spotify podcast by Higher Ground, the production company of Barack and Michelle Obama in June 2022, and into a young adult readers’ version by Random House Children’s in 2023.