Democracy Remixed Book Talk - Avery Research Center - February 8, 2012 at 5PM
The Avery Research Center, in conjunction with the College of Charleston’s African-American Studies Department, will host Dr. Cathy Cohen as she gives a talk on her book Democracy Remixed: Black Youth and the Future of American Politics on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 5PM. The event is free and open to the public.
In Democracy Remixed, award-winning scholar Cathy J. Cohen offers an authoritative analysis of the state of black youth in America today.
Utilizing the results from the Black Youth Project, a groundbreaking national survey, Cohen focuses on what young black Americans actually experience and think—and underscores the political repercussions.
Cathy J. Cohen is the David and Mary Winton Green Professor of Political Science and the College at the University of Chicago. She is the author of The Boundaries of Blackness: AIDS and the Breakdown of Black Politics and co-editor of Women Transforming Politics: An Alternative Reader.