Trayvon Martin and the Rebirth of a Nation | University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee: April 10, 2012

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)[image error]