Please note that these lectures are available on the CHQ Assembly Platform. https://assembly.chq.orq/


Week Two – Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali, the Vice President of Environmental Justice, Climate and Community Revitalization for the National Wildlife Federation was unable to appear as scheduled due to a coronavirus issue.

Week Three – On July 15th, Dr. Fahamu Pecou, an interdisciplinary artist and scholar, brilliantly discussed Notions Of Resistance in Black Art

Week Four – Dr. David Danks, from Carnegie Mellon University, followed his panel discussion in the Virtual Amp with an AAHH presentation on the inherent biases in artificial intelligence (AI). His presentation was nontechnical and gave clear direction on how to eliminate bias and provide continuing oversight of complex algorithms.

Week Five – Dr. Martha Jones, from Johns Hopkins University, gave a stunningly insightful talk detailing 200 Years of Black Female Suffrage. Unfortunately, due to a weather-related power outage, no Q+A followed her talk. Dr. Jones will be in residence at the Institution and will be speaking again during Week Eight.

Week Six- Dr. Meria Carstarphen, former superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools, addressed the challenges of urban education today given societal biases, shrinking budgets, and global pandemics. The title of her speech was The New Reconstruction: Transforming Education for the 21st Century.

Week Seven - George W. McCarthy, from Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. The title of his speech was Think Land Policy Is Unrelated to Racial Injustice? Think Again.

Week Eight – Last season, the issue of reparations was raised in the Q&A at a number of our talks, so we decided to address it head on this season. Dr. William A. Darity from Duke University and his coauthor, folklorist Ms. Kirsten Mullen presented a scholarly and compelling case for the payment of reparations to the descendants of African American slaves.

Week Nine – In the year of the census, demography is definitely destiny. Dr. James Johnson from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill gave a stunning and superbly entertaining presentation on how demography is determining the future composition, shape and direction of America