The Chavis Chronicles

Urban Conservation Fund

Dr. Chavis talks to Phillip Howard, and Tony Richardson with The Conservation Fund, one of the largest conservation groups in the country. Howard and Richardson lead the effort to conserve, restore, and protect African American heritage sites in Alabama and Mississippi.

Urban Conservation Fund

26m 36s

  • Samantha Tweedy: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Samantha Tweedy

    S5 E521 - 27m 39s

    Samantha Tweedy, CEO of the Black Economic Alliance (BAE), joins Dr. Chavis to discuss the powerful coalition of Black business leaders and allies working to accelerate economic progress within the Black community. Tweedy emphasizes advancing policy solutions to enhance work opportunities, increase wages, and build generational wealth for African Americans.

  • Wright Thompson, New York Times Best-Selling Author: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Wright Thompson, New York Times Best-Selling Author

    S5 E520 - 27m 44s

    New York Times best-selling author Wright Thompson talks to Dr. Chavis about his latest book “The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi.” Thompson says the brutal murder of Emmitt Till still matters because so many facts have remained buried. The book examines the tragedy, while shedding light on an artifact hiding in plain sight: the barn where Till was beaten and killed.

  • Dr. Tshaka Cunningham, PhD Molecular Biologist, Co-Founder & CSO, Polaris Genomics, Inc.: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Dr. Tshaka Cunningham, PhD Molecular Biologist, Co-Founder & CSO, Polaris Genomics, Inc.

    S5 E519 - 27m 22s

    Geneticist Dr. Tshaka Cunningham talks to Dr. Chavis about the critical need for a broad spectrum of ethnic diversity in genetic research. Dr. Cunningham shares how people of African ancestry have been historically underrepresented in genomic studies and in order to create medicines of the future more people of color need to participate in genetic research.

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