July 15th- Dr. Fahamu Pecou, an interdisciplinary artist and scholar, brilliantly discussed Notions Of Resistance in Black Art
July 22- 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.
July 29th-Dr. Martha Jones, from Johns Hopkins University, gave a stunningly insightful talk detailing 200 Years of Black Female Suffrage.
August 5th-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: The New Reconstruction: Transforming Education for the 21st Century.
August 12th - 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.
August 19th – 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 outlined a compelling case for reparations for the African American decedents of slaves. Their book “From Here to Equality ” is a must-read.
August 26th-In the year of the census, demography is definitely destiny. Dr. James Johnson from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill addressed demography in a novel and interesting manner in his talk entitled Leading and Managing in an Era of Disruptive Demographics and "Certain-Uncertainty."
