Inwood Library is teaming up with Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Alliance (DFMA) to bring you a free, in-person community livestream and discussion of both Talking About Race Matters lectures this March.

Talking About Race Matters (TARM) is a two-part virtual lecture series where notable scholars share their groundbreaking work on cultural history and social justice.

This month, TARM lectures will explore the cultural and political contributions of Black women musicians in America. This is “The Song of Our Freedom: Black Music in America” in celebration of Women’s History Month and the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

*After the livestream, in-person attendees will participate in a guided discussion and explore supplementary reading curated by Library staff and TARM lecturers. Small snacks will be provided.* Adults 18+

Dr. Daphne A. Brooks is William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Black Studies, American Studies, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Music at Yale University. She is the author of Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850-1910 (Durham, NC: Duke UP, 2006), winner of The Errol Hill Award for Outstanding Scholarship on African American Performance from ASTR; Jeff Buckley’s Grace (New York: Continuum, 2005) and Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound (Harvard University, February 2021).