African American Heritage House (AAHH) 

2025 Speaker List

The AAHH has prepared an incredible slate of speakers for the 2025 Chautauqua Assembly Season.

To learn more about each speaker, click on the name, and you can visit their bio page.

Week 1 •

Bivian ‘Sonny’ Lee III

Founder and CEO of Son of a Saint

Week 2 •


Dr. Julia Robinson Moore

Associate Professor of Religion and an Affiliate Faculty member in the Department of Africana Studies & History at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Charlotte

Week 3 •

Dr. Raymond O. Arsenault

John Hope Franklin Professor of Southern History and Chairman of the Department of History and Politics at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg

Week 4 •

Dr. Christopher Cameron

Professor of History at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Charlotte

Week 5 •

Dr. Spencer Crew

Clarence J. Robinson Professor of History at George Mason University and Emeritus Director of the National Museum of African American History and the National Museum of American History

Week 6 •

Paige Alexander

Chief Executive Officer of The Carter Center

Week 7 •

Reverand Shavon Arline-Bradley

President and CEO for the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)

Week 8 •

Asha Castleberry-Hernandez

Adjunct Fellow at the American Security Project

Week 9 •

Sheffield Hale

President and CEO of the Atlanta History Center