The histories of trees in America are also the histories of Black Americans. In When Trees Testify, award-winning plant biologist Beronda L. Montgomery explores how seven trees—and the cotton shrub—are intertwined with Black history and culture, revealing a heritage of Black botanical expertise that has shaped America since the beginning. Combining science, history, and stories from her own path to botany, Montgomery shows how trees are material witnesses to the lives of enslaved Africans and their descendants. 

Learn more at Beronda’s virtual author talk. Register at: https://libraryc.org/salinaspubliclibrary/185853