July 2022

Welcome to The African American Heritage Corner. Chautauqua Institution has been described as an American utopia. In Jeffrey Simpson’s 1999 book, Chautauqua: An American Utopia, he writes “Chautauqua could be the perfect small town. It

“Even in the beauty of this place, I do come with a heavy heart. You have been ministering to me with your smiles,” said the Rev. Emma Jordan-Simpson to the congregation at the 10:45 a.m.

In the fall of her junior year at Fisk University, the Rev. Emma Jordan-Simpson was asked to be the “makeshift student chaplain.” Someone had to choose the hymns and transpose music to play on the

A quintessential Chautauqua summer promises a plethora of lectures to attend, performances to see and discussions to be had, all within the Institution’s gates. However, the 2022 season presented an off-grounds opportunity for climate change