Ayesha Rascoe in conversation with Dr. Beverly Tatum

Join the Georgia Center for the Book and Brave and Kind Books for a conversation between Ayesha Rascoe, author of HCBU Made: A Celebration of the Black College Experience, and Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum. This event was held in the Sanctuary of First Baptist Church Decatur.
About the Book:
The first of its kind to feature famous alumni sharing direct accounts of their Black college experience, HBCU Made presents a poignant collection of vulnerable and candid personal essays about the schools that nurtured, challenged, and educated them. With a distinguished and diverse set of contributors including Oprah Winfrey, Stacey Abrams, Branford Marsali, and Roy Wood Jr., HBCU Made beautifully pulls back the curtain on the lived experience of prominent graduates, while also shining a light on the significant contribution that HBCUs have made to American culture.
About the Author:
Ayesha Rascoe is the host of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday and the Saturday episodes of Up First. Prior to her role as host, Rascoe was a White House Correspondent. She covered three presidential administrations. As a part of the White House team, she was also a regular on the NPR Politics Podcast. Before joining NPR, Rascoe spent the first decade of her career at Reuters, rising from a news assistant to an energy reporter to eventually covering the White House. While at Reuters, Rascoe covered some of the biggest energy and environmental stories of the past decade, including the 2010 BP oil spill. She’s a proud graduate of Howard University.
About the Moderator:
Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, president emerita of Spelman College, is an award-winning psychologist widely known for her expertise on race relations and as a thought leader in higher education. Her thirteen years as the president of Spelman College (2002-2015) were marked by innovation and growth and her visionary leadership was recognized in 2013 with the Carnegie Academic Leadership Award. In spring 2017 she was the Mimi and Peter E. Haas Distinguished Visitor at Stanford University. Most recently, she served as interim president at Mount Holyoke College during academic year 2022-23. Author of the New York Times best-selling book, "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?" and Other Conversations About Race (now in its 20th anniversary 2017 edition), as well as Can We Talk About Race? and Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation (2007), Tatum is a sought-after speaker on the topic of racial identity development, the impact of race in the classroom, strategies for creating inclusive campus and work environments, and higher education leadership. An experienced corporate director, she served on the board of the Georgia Power Company for 12 years (2008-2020) as well as the boards of Smith College and Morehouse College. She currently serves on the boards of ETS and Sesame Workshop as well as three Atlanta-based nonprofits: Tull Charitable Foundation, Westside Future Fund, and Achieve Atlanta. Dr. Tatum holds a B.A. degree in psychology from Wesleyan University, and M.A. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Michigan as well as an M.A. in Religious Studies from Hartford International University (formerly Hartford Seminary). She has served as a faculty member at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Westfield State University and Mount Holyoke College. Prior to her 2002 appointment as president of Spelman, she served as dean and acting president at Mount Holyoke College. A member of the American Philosophical Society, Dr. Tatum is also a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and was the 2014 recipient of the APA Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Psychology.