Day: October 1, 2014

  • Lawsuit: Wrong sperm delivered to lesbian couple The Chicago Tribune 2014-10-01 Meredith Rodriguez, Tribune reporter A white Ohio woman is suing a Downers Grove-based sperm bank, alleging that the company mistakenly gave her vials from an African-American donor, a fact that she said has made it difficult for her and her same-sex partner to raise…

  • The Myth of Race: The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea Harvard University Press October 2014 384 pages 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches 4 halftones, 2 line illustrations Hardcover ISBN: 9780674417311 Robert Wald Sussman, Professor of Physical Anthropology Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri Biological races do not exist—and never have. This view is shared by all…

  • Finding Your Roots: The Official Companion to the PBS Series University of North Carolina Press September 2014 352 pages 6.125 x 9.25, index Cloth ISBN: 978-1-4696-1800-5 Henry Louis Gates Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research Harvard University Who are we, and where do we…