Original Sins: The (Mis)Education of Black and Native Children- May 20, 2025

The BMRC is honored to be a co-sponsor of this in-person event where you can join Eve L. Ewing in conversation with Jody Byrd for a discussion about Ewing’s latest book, Original Sins, The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism.

The event will take place on May 20th, 2025, at Billings Hall P117 (Auditorium) - 5812 S. Ellis Avenue. Don’t miss this opportunity to dive into thought-provoking conversations and gain insights from this incredible author!

Pre-reception |  5:30PM

Talk begins | 6:00-7:30 PM

Eve L. Ewing is the Director of Undergraduate Studies and an Associate Professor in the Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity. A lifelong Chicagoan, she is a writer and scholar who uses multi-genre storytelling, tools of sociological inquiry, archives, and community-grounded epistemologies to interrogate racialized histories and imagine emancipatory possibilities. Working through the lenses of Afrofuturism, Black feminism, and Du Boisian sociology, Prof. Ewing attempts to situate cultural organizing, the praxis of care, and relational accountability at the foundations of her scholarship. Dr. Ewing is the bestselling author of the books Original Sins Electric Arches, Ghosts in the Schoolyard, 1919, and Maya and the Robot.

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