Black History/Black Futures
Drs. Stephanie Richmond, Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Mrs. Hillary McAndrew-Plate 10 episodes Apr 15, 2026
A conversation series rooted in Hampton Roads that explores Black history and the art of resistance. Episodes pair historians with working artists to examine how music, theatre and performance have carried acts of resistance in the past and continue to do so today. Award-winning playwright and Old Dominion University theatre professor Brittney S. Harris speaks with Grammy-nominated composer and Juilliard professor Curtis Stewart, moderated by historian Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander. Together they trace where their genres intersect, ask how art can produce lasting change, and consider what the future of composing and playwriting looks like for African Americans in the arts.
Episodes
African Americans and Labor: Voting Rights In 20th Century America
Join this discussion with Drs. Cassandra Newby Alexander and Stephanie Richmond with their guest Dr. Jeffrey Littlejohn of Sam Houston State University and Dr. Charles Ford of Norfolk State University.
African Americans & Labor: Re-imagining and co-creating a new economic landscape for African Americans
Join NSU Drs. Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Chinedu Okala, Tim Goler and Delegate Jackie Glass discuss a pathway forward through collaborative economic success in the African American community. You can watch this on Spotify here. Or you can watch on YouTube here.
African Americans and Labor: Virginia's People. Sold Down River - Part 2
This discussion covers stories of the enslaved. Professors Cassandra Newby Alexander and Stephanie Richmond in conjunction with The City of Virginia Beach Cultural Arts Department bring you researchers, guest speakers and subject matter experts who help trace the stories of those who were "Sold Down River." Watch this episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/GaYx-wm76Hg
African Americans and Labor: Virginia's People. Sold Down River - Part 1
This discussion covers stories of the enslaved. Professors Cassandra Newby Alexander and Stephanie Richmond in conjunction with The City of Virginia Beach Cultural Arts Department bring you researchers, guest speakers and subject matter experts who help trace the stories of those who were "Sold Down River." Watch the video of this episode at https://youtu.be/yGXHp8vJ5Qo
African Americans and Labor: Virginia's People. Sold Down River - Part 3
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African Americans and Labor: Virginia's People. Sold Down River - Part 4
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African Americans & Labor: Labor Challenges Facing African American in the Anti-DEI Phase.
Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander discusses the ever changing landscape in the job-marketplace as African Americans navigate labor challenges Facing in the Anti-DEI Phase with special guests VA Delegate Cliff Hayes, YWCA CEO Michelle Ellis Young and NSU Career Services Director Saranette Williams. Watch this episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/kXju5E8KUjM
Black History, Black Futures: The Art of Afrofuturism
This discussion between Drs. Stephanie Richmond and Cassandra Newby-Alexander of Norfolk State University, Mrs. Hillary Plate of Virginia Beach Cultural Affairs and our special guests Ms. Kyra Sims and Nastassja Swift.
Black History/Black Futures: The Art of Presence.
Holding presence in the past was challenging for Black people. Art ignored the existence of the Black being unless relegated to subservient and dismissive roles. An investigation of that presence of the past and the impact Black art will have on holding presence in the future is discussed in detail by Ms. Judine Somerville and Mr. Clayton Singleton.
The Art Of Resistance
The Art of Resistance features Hampton Roads’ own award-winning playwright, performer, filmmaker, and professor of Theatre at Old Dominion University, Brittney S. Harris, in conversation with Grammy-nominated, multi-award winning young composer, violinist and professor at The Juilliard School in NYC, Curtis Stewart. Renowned Historian and Endowed Professor of Virginia Black History and Cu
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