Chautauqua 1998: Langston Hughes (Part 3)

This video is an excerpt from the Chautauqua 1998 portrayal of Langston Hughes by actor Charles Pace.

Charles Everett Pace performs on a full-time basis at Chautauquas and other events throughout the nation. He has served as Program Advisor at the Texas Union, University of Texas at Austin, and has taught at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Purdue University, and Centre College in Kentucky. He has also conducted performance-based public diplomacy work for the United States Information Agency in nine countries in Africa. In addition to Langston Hughes, he portrays Malcolm X, Frederick Douglass, Scott Joplin, W.E.B. DuBois, and York. He appeared at Maryland Chautauquas in 1996 and 1998. Pace has an M.A. in American Studies from Purdue University.

Chautauqua (shuh-taw-kwa) takes its name from a lake in upstate New York, beginning in 1874 as a training course for Sunday School teachers. In 1878 the Chautauqua movement expanded its philosophy of adult education to include an appreciation for the arts and humanities. By 1904, Chautauqua took to the road as part of the Lyceum movement, bringing lectures and entertainers to towns across America. By 1930, radio, movies, and automobiles had made Chautau¬qua largely a thing of the past.

Reborn as a public humanities program in 1976, today's Chautauquas feature scholars who take on the persona of celebrated historical figures, educating and entertaining audiences as they bring the past to life again. Families gather for our Chautauqua under starry skies in a big open tent.

If you would like to see the entire Langston Hughes portrayal, contact the Maryland Humanities Council.

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