Legacy of Eugenics: Station of Intolerance Via Zoom

Legacy of Eugenics: Station of Intolerance Via Zoom

Friday, Feb. 7 at 7:00pm

Registration required.

Although conceived in England, the methods, practice and popularity of eugenics were undoubtedly made and perfected in America. Yet, it was not developed in some laboratory or governmental facility. Instead, the beacon of this sinister movement was the Eugenics Record Office; a two-and-a-half story administrative building at Cold Spring Harbor, New York under the direction of Charles Benedict Davenport from 1910-1939. How did this small and somewhat secretive facility spark a global movement that forever altered the course of humanity?

Author Mark Torres explores the local origins, characters, influences, methodologies, and ghastly consequences all of which emanated from this small Long Island facility for more than three decades and spread throughout the entire world.