National Humanities Center's video: Robert D Newman Rage and Beauty: Celebrating Complexity Democracy and the Humanities

On October 5, 2016, NHC President and Director Robert D. Newman delivered a keynote address as a part of the ongoing Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Speaker Series at North Carolina Central University. ​In his remarks Newman touched on events as seemingly disparate as the workings of the Continental Congress and the social media origins of the Black Lives Matter movement and discussed the ways that the humanities help us understand the world, relate to one another, and come to terms with the most profound experiences and questions — on the nature of beauty, the search for justice, and the meaning of life in the face of horrific violence and our own mortality. https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/robert-newman-rage-beauty-celebrating-complexity-democracy-humanities