Tara Roberts - Sixth & I + The National Geographic Society

When National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Tara Roberts first saw a photograph at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture depicting the underwater archaeology group Diving With a Purpose, it called out to her. Inspired, Roberts joined them—and started on a path of discovery more challenging and personal than she could ever have imagined. In Written in the Waters: A Memoir of History, Home, and Belonging, Roberts offers an understanding of the 12.5 million people carried away from their African homeland to enslavement on other continents. Inspired by the descendants of those who lost their lives during the Middle Passage, Roberts also explores her own family history and life as a Black woman to help make sense of her identity. Click HERE to purchase tickets for this event.