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The African American Heritage Corner Week Nine

by webchq on August 26, 2022

The beauty of Chautauqua rests in its otherworldliness. From the rustling of the oak trees as you sit within the Hall of Philosophy, to the quiet peace of a walk along the lake before the

Rev. Dwight D. Andrews returns to Chautauqua for Week 9 AAHH talk

by Sara Toth on August 23, 2022

The first time the Rev. Dwight D. Andrews served as chaplain-in-residence at Chautauqua, in 2015, he told the congregation that

Ezelle Sanford, discussing racial politics in health care, to give AAHH presentation

by webchq on August 16, 2022

Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore are renowned the world over for their prestige, but their histories

The African American Heritage Corner Week Eight

by webchq on August 16, 2022

The year was 1885 and the United States temperance movement — a sociopolitical push to limit the use of alcohol

The African American Heritage Corner Week Seven

by webchq on August 9, 2022

Ariel S. Bowen was born Ariel Serena Hedges on March 3, 1863, in Newark, New Jersey, to Harriet Taylor and

Royal Kennedy Rodgers, Kathy McCampbell Vance to discuss film work on Black architect Williams

by webchq on August 9, 2022

More than an American architect, Paul R. Williams was Hollywood’s architect, designing homes for the likes of Frank Sinatra, Barbara Stanwyck, and Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. The first Black member of the American Institute

The African American Heritage Corner Week Six

by webchq on August 2, 2022

Twenty-two years after its inception in 1874, Chautauqua Institution presented its first known Black lecturer: Booker T. Washington, a prominent

After ‘21 sermon series, Rev. Frank A. Thomas returns to AAHH platform for exploration of Week 5 theme of ‘Vote and Democracy’

by Sara Toth on July 26, 2022

The Rev. Frank A. Thomas is no stranger to Chautauqua — he served as chaplain of the week, preaching from

The African American Heritage Corner Week Four

by webchq on July 25, 2022

“Are Chautauquans afraid of burnt cork?” Written in The Chautauquan Daily on Aug. 6, 1909, the puzzling question captured the

The African American Heritage Corner Week Two

by webchq on July 25, 2022

Close your eyes and imagine it is the summer of 1880 in Chautauqua, and excited visitors and community members flock

The African American Heritage Corner Week One

by webchq on July 25, 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

UPenn scholar of social thought Barbara Savage to deliver AAHH Week 4 lecture on narratives of history

by Ellen E. Mintzer on July 19, 2022

Barbara Savage, the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought in the Department of Africana Studies at the University

Entrepreneur, author Majora Carter to give AAHH lecture on Week 2 theme

by Sara Toth on July 5, 2022

Majora Carter is a woman who wears many hats: real estate developer, urban revitalization strategy consultant, a MacArthur Fellow, a

18th Peace Corps Director Aaron S. Williams to give AAHH talk

by Sara Toth on June 28, 2022

When it comes to the Week One theme and question of “What Should be America’s Role in the World?,” Aaron

Winthrop Rockefeller’s Hill describes push for equitable Arkansas in final AAHH talk

by Max Zambrano on August 27, 2021

MAX ZAMBRANO - STAFF WRITER Hill The Rev. Shantell Hinton Hill won’t stop until her mission for equity is complete.

Brookings’ Andre Perry to discuss systemic devaluation of property in Black neighborhoods for AAHH lecture

by Sarah Vest on August 13, 2021

SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER Perry Wealth in America has its roots in land ownership, with branches that reach forward to the devaluation of property based on race seen today. Andre Perry conducts research based

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