Black Lives Matter: Racial Politics and Social Justice in the Age of Obama and the New Trump Era

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Session Description

Participants on this panel will explore the following questions: What does the Black Lives Matter Movement tell us about race, white supremacy, and economic inequality in the age of Obama? What will a Trump presidency mean for the movement for black lives?

Sub Unit

• Theme Panel

Chair

• Michael Javen Fortner CUNY

Presenters

• Cathy J. Cohen University of Chicago

• Jennifer L. Hochschild Harvard University

• Lester Kenyatta Spence Johns Hopkins University

• Keeanga Yamahtta Taylor Princeton University