Black History Month

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Black History Month
  • Nicole Austin-Hillery

    Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. ET Tuesday, July 12, 2022.

    Nicole Austin-Hillery is the first-ever executive director of the U.S. Program at Human Rights Watch, where her work focuses on addressing and combatting systemic racism, improving the U.S. immigration system, tackling rights problems...

  • Annette Gordon-Reed

    Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. ET Tuesday, July 19, 2022.

    Annette Gordon-Reed is the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University, where her areas of interest include American legal history. She returns to the Chautauqua Lecture Series during a week on “The Future of History” with...

  • Jelani Cobb

    Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. ET Wednesday, July 27, 2022.

    Jelani Cobb is a staff writer at The New Yorker, writing on race, history, justice, politics and democracy, as well as Columbia University’s Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism. During a historic election in the midst of a global ...

  • Misty Copeland

    Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. ET Tuesday, August 16, 2022.

    A trailblazer and history-maker in her field, Misty Copeland began her ballet studies at the age of 13, and in June 2015 was promoted to principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre — making her the first Black woman to ever be promo...

  • Rhiannon Giddens

    Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. ET Monday, August 22, 2022.

    MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient and Grammy Award-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens uses her art to excavate the past and reveal bold truths about the present. With a lifelong mission to lift up people whose contributions to Americ...

  • Benjamin Hunter

    Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. ET Friday, August 26, 2022.

    Seattle-based polymath Benjamin Hunter is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist, composer, creative and cultural advocate, social entrepreneur, producer and educator. In 2021, he was named artistic director at Northwest Folklife, on...

  • CHQ Backstage: Imani Winds

    Originally broadcast Friday, January 13, 2023.

    GRAMMY nominated wind quintet Imani Winds join Deborah Sunya Moore for an exclusive backstage interview.

    About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes ...

  • CHQ Backstage: Loretta Pettway Bennett

    Originally broadcast Friday, October 14, 2022.

    Loretta Pettway Bennett, Gee's Bend Quiltmaker and "Squaring Up Histories" Exhibiting Artist, joins Deborah Sunya Moore for an exclusive backstage interview.

    About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chaut...

  • The Very Rev. Michael Battle, Ph.D.

    Originally broadcast at 2:00 p.m. ET Wednesday, June 29, 2022.

    This program is made possible by the Religious Initiatives Fund

    The Very Rev. Michael Battle, Ph.D. is the Herbert Thompson Professor of Church and Society and Director of the Desmond Tutu Center at General Theological Seminary in N...

  • Cornell William Brooks

    Originally broadcast at 2:00 p.m. ET Thursday, July 14, 2022.

    Cornell William Brooks is Hauser Professor of the Practice of Nonprofit Organizations and Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership and Social Justice at Harvard Kennedy School, where he leads as Director of The William Monroe Tr...

  • Anthea Butler

    Originally broadcast at 2:00 p.m. ET Thursday, July 28, 2022.

    Anthea Butler is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor in American Social thought and Chair of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. A historian of African American and American religion, Professor Butler’s research and writ...

  • Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas - Sunday

    Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. ET Sunday, August 14, 2022.

    The Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas was named Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Theology at Union in September 2017. She was named the Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theology ...

  • Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas - Monday

    Originally broadcast at 9:15 a.m. ET Monday, August 15, 2022.

    The Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas was named Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Theology at Union in September 2017. She was named the Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theology i...

  • Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas - Tuesday

    Originally broadcast at 9:15 a.m. ET Tuesday, August 16, 2022.

    The Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas was named Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Theology at Union in September 2017. She was named the Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theology ...

  • Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas - Wednesday

    Originally broadcast at 9:15 a.m. ET Wednesday, August 17, 2022.

    The Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas was named Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Theology at Union in September 2017. She was named the Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theolog...

  • Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas - Thursday

    Originally broadcast at 9:15 a.m. ET Thursday, August 18, 2022.

    The Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas was named Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Theology at Union in September 2017. She was named the Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theology...

  • Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas - Friday

    Originally broadcast at 9:15 a.m. ET Friday, August 19, 2022.

    The Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas was named Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Theology at Union in September 2017. She was named the Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theology i...

  • AAHH: Frank Thomas

    Originally broadcast Wednesday, January 11, 2023.

    Frank A. Thomas, PhD, currently serves as the Nettie Sweeney and Hugh Th. Miller Professor of Homiletics and Director of the Academy of Preaching and Celebration at Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, Ind. Indicative of his great love o...

  • Rev. Emma Jordan-Simpson - Sunday

    Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. ET Sunday, July 24, 2022.

    The Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson became the president of Auburn Seminary on October 1, 2021. Auburn is a leadership development and research institute that equips bold and resilient leaders of faith and moral courage to build communiti...

  • Rev. Emma Jordan-Simpson - Monday

    Originally broadcast at 9:15 a.m. ET Monday, July 25, 2022.

    The Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson became the president of Auburn Seminary on October 1, 2021. Auburn is a leadership development and research institute that equips bold and resilient leaders of faith and moral courage to build communitie...

  • Rev. Emma Jordan-Simpson - Tuesday

    Originally broadcast at 9:15 a.m. ET Tuesday, July 26, 2022.

    The Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson became the president of Auburn Seminary on October 1, 2021. Auburn is a leadership development and research institute that equips bold and resilient leaders of faith and moral courage to build communiti...

  • Rev. Emma Jordan-Simpson - Wednesday

    Originally broadcast at 9:15 a.m. ET Wednesday, July 27, 2022.

    The Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson became the president of Auburn Seminary on October 1, 2021. Auburn is a leadership development and research institute that equips bold and resilient leaders of faith and moral courage to build communi...

  • Rev. Emma Jordan-Simpson - Thursday

    Originally broadcast at 9:15 a.m. ET Thursday, July 28, 2022.

    The Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson became the president of Auburn Seminary on October 1, 2021. Auburn is a leadership development and research institute that equips bold and resilient leaders of faith and moral courage to build communit...

  • Rev. Emma Jordan-Simpson - Friday

    Originally broadcast at 9:15 a.m. ET Friday, July 29, 2022.

    The Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson became the president of Auburn Seminary on October 1, 2021. Auburn is a leadership development and research institute that equips bold and resilient leaders of faith and moral courage to build communitie...