Published on Jan 28, 2015
Post-Racial Mythologies, Post-Ferguson Realities: the Past, Present, and Future of Policing and Black Communities”
Location:Schomburg Center for Research on Black Culture - NY Public Library-Langston Hughes Auditorium New York, NY
Unfortunately, the August 9, 2014, the police shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, was not an isolated incident. Nor will the issues it raises be resolved anytime soon, if the problems of policing and police practices continue as they are today.
Join faculty, students, and affiliates of the Columbia University - Institute for Research in African-American Studies (IRAAS) in a contextual discussion of black communities, policing, and youth in the United States.
Participants include:
Beulah Agbabiaka - Columbia University CC' 2015 | major, African-American Studies & Jazz Studies; Columbia Students Against Mass Incarceration -SAMI
Christina Greer - Assistant Professor of Political Science, Fordham University
Ernest Morell- Macy Professor of Education; Professor in the Department of Arts and Humanities; Director, Institute for Urban and Minority Education, Teachers College Columbia University
Rashad Robinson - Executive Director of Color Of Change
Carla Shedd- Assistant Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies, Columbia University
Moderator: Samuel K. Roberts, Director, Institute for Research in African-American Studies; Associate Professor of History & Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University