Originally broadcast at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday, February 17, 2020.
A Few Black Americans You May Have Thought Came to Chautauqua (But Didn’t) and a Few You May Not Have Known Who Did
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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, lectures, interfaith worship and programs, and recreational activities. As a community, we celebrate, encourage and study the arts and treat them as integral to all of learning, and we convene the critical conversations of the day to advance understanding through civil dialogue. CHQ Assembly is the online expression of Chautauqua Institution's mission.
Originally broadcast at 7 pm ET Tuesday, December 15, 2020.
Joshua Bennett returns to Chautauqua to discuss his new book of poetry, Owed — a collection of odes that seek to celebrate the places and people that have been wronged for too long. Bennett calls them “poems of reparation” for himself. ...
Originally broadcast at 4 p.m. EDT Wednesday, November 11, 2020.
Susan Straight, author of “In the Country of Women,” will discuss her memoir about the societal struggles of the multiracial, multiethnic women in her extended family. “In the Country of Women” examines the reality of oppression ba...