Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. ET Friday, August 17, 2018.

Rev. Jesse Jackson is joined in conversation by the Rev. Joan Brown Campbell to discuss his life, legacy and the work of his friend and fellow civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during a crossover of Chautauqua Institution'...

Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. ET Wednesday, August 21, 2019.

Bird Runningwater, Director of Sundance Institute's Indigenous Program, discusses "Indigenous Perspectives on Cinema" as part of Chautauqua Institution's week on "Exploring Race and Culture with Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln...

Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. ET Wednesday, July 3, 2019.

Anna Clark, journalist and author of The Poisoned City: Flint’s Water and the American Urban Tragedy, is joined by journalist Jiquanda Johnson and entrepreneur Lev Hunter to discuss Flint, Michigan's resilience beyond water crisis du...

Originally broadcast at 10:30 a.m. ET Tuesday, July 13, 2021.

As Assistant Professor in Media Studies at the University of Virginia, Meredith D. Clark’s research focuses on the intersection of race, media, and power, exploring the relationships between Black communities and the news on social me...

Originally broadcast at 1:00 p.m. ET Tuesday, July 13, 2021.

Heather McGhee has devoted her life to the focus of our Week Three theme: The Ethical Foundations of a Fully Functioning Society. Heather designs and promotes solutions to inequality in America, and her most recent book, The Sum of U...

Originally broadcast at 10:30 a.m. ET Thursday, July 15, 2021.

Over the last decade, Deb Roy – executive director of the MIT Media Lab, the director of the MIT Laboratory for Social Machines and the newly appointed director of the interdisciplinary Center for Constructive Communication – has bee...

Originally broadcast at 1:00 p.m. ET Monday, July 19, 2021.

Dr. Eboo Patel is the Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a non-profit organization working to make interfaith cooperation a social norm in America. He is a respected leader on national issues of religious diversity, ...

Originally broadcast at 1:00 p.m. ET Tuesday, July 20, 2021.

Michael Martin is the executive Director of the Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara Counties, Inc. He is an Onondaga of the Beaver Clan (Haudenosaunee) from the Six Nations of the Grand River territory in Southern O...

Originally broadcast at 10:30 a.m. ET Thursday, July 22, 2021.

One of the nation’s most prominent scholars, Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. is an author, political commentator, public intellectual and educator who examines the complex dynamics of the American experience, an examination he will bring to the...

Originally broadcast at 1:00 p.m. ET Friday, July 23, 2021.

*Please note that a small portion of the Q&A was edited due to technical difficulties.

DeRay Mckesson is a civil rights activist focused primarily on issues of innovation, equity and justice. Born and raised in Baltimore, he graduated ...

Originally broadcast at 1:00 p.m. ET Friday, July 30, 2021.

Steve Capers’ career as a comedy impresario began while vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard, enjoying a day at the island’s famed Inkwell Beach. It was in 2009, that the managing partner of Knock-Knock Comedy Productions had the idea to pr...

Originally broadcast at 10:30 a.m. ET Thursday, August 5, 2021.

Courtney Cogburn is co-director of the Columbia School of Social Work’s Justice, Equity, Technology (JET) Lab, and the lead creator of “1000 Cut Journey,” an immersive virtual reality experience simulating the experience of Blacks f...

Originally broadcast at 1:00 p.m. ET Wednesday, August 4, 2021.

Jose Arellano was born in Duarte, CA, just east of Los Angeles. Growing up, he and his family moved around Los Angeles County a lot. Jose enjoyed and excelled in school and was placed in the Gifted and Talented Education Program at ...

Originally broadcast at 1:00 p.m. ET Friday August 6, 2021.

Wes Moore, currently a candidate for governor of Maryland, previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of Robin Hood, one of the largest anti-poverty forces in the nation. He is a bestselling author, a combat veteran, and a social ...

Originally broadcast at 1:00 p.m. ET Monday August 9, 2021.

Joan Chittister is one of the most articulate social analyst and influential religious leaders of this age. For over 40 years she has dedicated herself to advocating for universal recognition of the critical questions impacting the glo...

Originally broadcast at 1:00 p.m. ET Friday August 13, 2021.

African American Heritage House Lecture. Andre Perry, sr. fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution

About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern ...

Originally broadcast at 1:00 p.m. ET Friday, August 20, 2021.

African American Heritage House Lecture. Carl Hart, Ziff Professor of Psychology (In Psychiatry), Depts. Of Psychology and Psychiatry, Columbia University

About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the sh...

Originally broadcast at 10:30 a.m. ET Wednesday, August 25, 2021.

Keisha N. Blain is an award-winning historian of the 20th century United States with broad interests and specializations in African American History, the modern African Diaspora, and Women’s and Gender Studies. She is an Associate...

Originally broadcast at 1:00 p.m. ET Friday, August 27, 2021.

Rev. Shantell Hinton Hill

About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each summer with a unique mix of fine and performing arts,...

Originally broadcast at 1:00 p.m. ET Friday, July 9, 2021.

Rev. Dr. Heber Brown III

About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each summer with a unique mix of fine and performing arts, lec...

Originally broadcast at 1 p.m. ET Friday, July 16, 2021.

Amit Taneja, senior vice president and chief inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility (IDEA) officer, Chautauqua Institution

Erroll Davis, president, African American Heritage House at Chautauqua

Ted First, board director, African ...

Originally broadcast at 3:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, July 29, 2020.

Martha Jones on the few times the Constitution was amended, particularly the Fourteenth Amendment.

Jones is the Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor and Professor of History at The Johns Hopkins University, and a legal a...

Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. EDT Thursday, August 13, 2020.

Angela Saini discusses her book “Superior: The Return of Race Science.”

Saini is an award-winning science journalist, author and broadcaster. Her latest book, Superior: The Return of Race Science, tells the disturbing story of t...

Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. EDT Tuesday, July 28, 2020.

Kimberly Churches will discuss gender equity through a past, present and future lens.

Churches is the chief executive officer of the American Association of University Women and is a leading voice in advancing equity for women and...