#  Empire of Rubber: A virtual book launch conversation with Gregg Mitman, Evelynn Hammonds, and Paul Farmer 

 



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 **October 21, 2021** 

 01:00PM - 01:00PM EDT 

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 **Virtual Event**  



 

 



 

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 Join us for a conversation on racial capitalism, ecological injustice, and medical racism focused on the history of Firestone Tire & Rubber Company and its efforts to turn Liberia, founded in 1847 as a free Black republic, into America’s rubber empire.

 **ORGANIZER:** Harvard Medical School - Global Health and Social Medicine

 **WEBSITE:** [https://thenewpress.com/events/empire-of-rubber-virtual-book-launch-con…](https://thenewpress.com/events/empire-of-rubber-virtual-book-launch-conversation-with-gregg-mitman-evelynn-hammonds-paul)



 

 



 

 

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