2022 MLK Memorial Lecture – Historical Roots of Racism in Science and Medicine

Dr. Carolyn Roberts joined the Gustavus community for the 2022 MLK Jr. Day Celebration. As a professor at Yale University, Roberts’ teaching blends history with medical sociology and public health to explore present-day crises related to race, racism, and health. Roberts is a dynamic speaker whose interests involve medicine as it relates to the Atlantic slave trade playing a critical role in modern medicine.