Black Lives Matter:
From Minneapolis to Paris to Rio de Janeiro
With the recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Rayshard Brooks, and countless others, America reached a tipping point. Again. This time, the impact is global. With the rapid spread of racial justice protests across the world, our panelists will discuss the history of civil rights, slavery, white supremacy, and the global trajectory and intersectionality of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Monday, June 29
12:00 pm NYC | 6:00 pm Paris | 7:00 pm Amman
| 9:30 pm Mumbai | 12:00 am (June 30) Beijing
Register here
Panelists:
Jelani Cobb
Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism, Columbia University, Staff Writer for the New Yorker
Farah Griffin
Chair, Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Columbia University
in conversation with
Professor Safwan M. Masri
EVP for Global Centers and Global Development, Columbia University
Discussion:
What is the worldwide significance of the Black Lives Matter movement?
How do the recent protests in America fit within the historical context of slavery and white supremacy and into the overall arc of civil rights movement in the United States?
What does the media get right? And what has the media missed?
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