History is always teaching.

It’s Time We Listen.

Conversations, History-Based Presentations, Keynotes, Panels, Book Talks

Change Agent and Award-Winning Author
on
Racial Division and Voter Disenfranchisement

Change Agent and Award-Winning Author
on
Racial Division and Voter Disenfranchisement

“History offers the accumulated knowledge and wisdom of past
generations, recorded to protect us from repeating
past mistakes.” – Cleo Scott Brown

History-Based Talks & Writings Designed
for Knowledge, Introspection, and Transformation 

“Experience is the best teacher, but she charges heavily for her services.” – Anonymous,1895

We can keep making the same mistakes or we can learn the lessons history was recorded to teach.

Book Cleo, a gifted speaker, storyteller, and writer as she presents sometimes uncomfortable and complex history in a way that is interesting, that puts audiences at ease and that leads them to a place of increased understanding of themselves and others.

Cleo Speaks

Powerful storytelling. Thought-provoking conversations.
Heart-connecting presentations. Impactful lessons.
New Understanding.

Be inspired. Be changed. Act now.

Signature Topics

We know something is wrong. It can’t be fixed without knowing the root.

Current Problems

  • Poor historical awareness
  • Temporary Ineffective solutions
  • Emotion-driven responses
  • Superficial conversations that discourage critical thinking
  • Desensitized presentations and content
  • Reluctance to share experiences with the next generation.

Providing Solutions

  • An understanding of the past to help us create a better future
  • History that leads to Introspection & change
  • Storytelling that simplifies complex issues
  • Conversations that create meaningful & inspired action
  • Presentations and writings that connect head & heart
  • Unique personal experiences with lessons for today

Join Cleo on an interesting journey through time as she illuminates pitfalls and triumphs of the past. She teaches, inspires, and takes you to a place of greater understanding about work critical to the well-being of the country.

Cleo is different…Different is good

Cleo Scott Brown’s gift is simplifying the complex.

Using history, storytelling, and personal experiences, Cleo’s thought-provoking presentations, keynotes, and writings connect heart and head, creating a transformational understanding of the complexities of race relations, voting, and social injustice. This understanding is essential to creating a better future.

Cleo is by no means typical.

Cleo’s breadth of personal experiences provide a depth of understanding and value you won’t find in many speakers—from cross-burnings and shootings while her parents were involved in a federal voting rights case, to Jim Crow, school and corporate integration, and HBCU experience. Her work experience includes corporate management and non-profit and education leadership plus over 20 years working with youth as a volunteer.

Cleo provides wisdom for today.

Her presentations and her books, “Witness to the Truth” (University of South Carolina Press) and “Raceology 101”, present history and personal stories, without bitterness or anger, filled with wisdom and answers to questions that plague America today.

Conversations • History-Based Presentations • Keynotes • Book Talks • Panels

Books for understanding

Witness to the Truth

Now Available in E-Book format

Our lives have been changed.
-Pastor, North Charleston, SC

You really opened my eyes.
College Student, Baton Rouge, LA

 

Totally impressed! An amazing speaker!
-Elizabeth, Charleston, SC