Rap Sessions and the League of Young Voters Present
Trayvon Martin and the Rebirth of a Nation:
The Black Image in the American Mind
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
6-9pm cst | Union Ballroom
Free and open to the public
Watch the live stream at http://www.ustream.tv/leagueofyoungvoters
From entertainment and politics to the media images that accompany them, the civil-rights era idea of “Blackness” is currently in flux. A panel of leading national experts will explore contemporary moments in popular cultural and politics where race, image and identity have taken center stage. This discussion seeks to help students look at hip-hop culture as a cross-racial phenomenon that has political and cultural roots in black and brown communities.
Tweet @TheLeague99 using the hashtag #RapSessions to join the conversation.
The panelists include:
- Moderator: Bakari Kitwana (@therealbakari)
- Mark Anthony Neal (@newblackman)
- Joan Morgan (@milfinainteasy)
- Elizabeth Mendez Berry (@mendezberry)
- John Jennings (@JIJennings)
- Biko Baker (@bikobaker)
