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Exploring the religious life of Richard Wayne Penniman (or Little Richard), the paradigmatic, loud, raucous, flamboyant rock ‘n’ roll preacher-musician, is a significant undertaking for a multitude of reasons. For one, Little Richard’s musical style and gendered performances played a pivotal role in shaping the cultural landscape of the 1950s and beyond, as he invented his own sound while paying homage to the Black church women who raised him in Macon, Georgia, such that he was ultimately able to inspire the likes of Elvis Presley and other white mainstream artists.

Shining Light on Truth presents evidence of the essential role of enslaved and free Black people in New Haven and at Yale. It celebrates Black resistance and community building. And it illuminates knowledge kept alive in archives and memory for more than three centuries—even when the dominant culture chose to ignore, bury, or forget.

The Yale School of Management welcomes you to join our Dean Kerwin K. Charles in a fireside chat with Daryl Morey, President of Basketball Operations for the Philadelphia 76ers.

They plan to discuss Daryl’s 20 years of NBA management, as well as his unstandardized approach to using sports analytics,better known as “Moreyball,” to make key decisions. A Q&A will follow our conversation.

The music of Tanzania’s “Queen of Bongo Flava,” Lady Jaydee has long inspired the literary work of Nigerian writer Chigozie Obioma In this inaugural Humanities Now event, we bring together in conversation the novelist and the singer—Chigozie and Jide—to reflect on the landscape of African music and literature.

Erica R. Edwards moderates a conversation about Black feminist authorship with 2023 Windham-Campbell Prize recipients Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Jasmine Lee-Jones, and Dominique Morisseau.
Co-hosted by the Black Feminist Collective at Yale University.

Alexis Pauline Gumbs, a self-described Queer Black Troublemaker and Black Feminist Love Evangelist, recently completed a biography of the OG Queer Black Troublemaker, poet Audre Lorde. Join her for a trip through the poet’s life and a blessing including original archival materials from the Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscript Library.

Black burnout is an epidemic that has yet to be remedied. Black students, faculty, and staff are often asked to take on the burden of educating their peers, advocating for the next generation, and are looked at as the voices of an entire community. How can we work to ensure that Black students, faculty, and staff prioritize themselves and prevent burnout?

Lead Sessionist: MiChaela Barker (MPH/MBA candidate)

Please join us at the Yale School of Management or via Zoom for an engaging discussion about Black History as Tim Shea will be talking to Zoë Chance, Assistant Professor of Marketing at Yale SOM about his new book “Big Man: An Incredible Journey from Mississippi to Hollywood”. Big Man is a story about the life of Willie Harris, a man who was raised as a sharecropper on a cotton plantation in Mississippi during Jim Crow, served in the U.S. Air Force, and went on to become one of the leaders of the Black Stuntmen’s Association (BSA) in Hollywood in the 1970s.

Join Yale School of Management’s Krystal Augustine for a fun, casual, and stress-free networking event over meaningful conversations and cocktails. The mixer will allow attendees to speak freely about their personal work experiences. Participants will explore how, although they each may be different on the surface, they share similar goals in the workplace.

The Yale School of Art, in partnership with the New Haven Free Public Library, is excited to share that a series of papercuttings by Barbara Earl Thomas will be on display at the entrance to Ives Main Library across from the New Haven Green, from Monday, November 14, through Saturday, December 31, 2022. Supported by the Yale University President’s Office, Hopper College, and the Yale University Art Gallery, the display of papercuttings will be celebrated with an opening talk and reception on Monday, November 14 at 4:30PM.