Forrest Stuart and Cathy Cohen: Black Youth and Political Agency in the 21st Century
About the Event:
Media representations of Black urban youth often paint a simplistic and negative picture of their realities and aspirations. Join sociologist and recent MacArthur Fellow Forrest Stuart and political scientist Cathy Cohen for a conversation that provides a more nuanced portrait of the lives of Black youth. Stuart’s Ballad of the Bullet explores the creative and economic strategies young musicians on Chicago’s South Side employ to lift themselves out of poverty, often at their own peril. Cohen’s Democracy Remixed, based on the findings of The Black Youth Project, examines the lived experience of navigating opportunity and discrimination.
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This program is presented in partnership with the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture at the University of Chicago.
About the Books:
- The Chicago Humanities Festival is pleased to partner with the Seminary Co-op Bookstores, a not-for-profit bookstore whose mission is bookselling.
- When you purchase your copy of Ballad of the Bullet and Democracy Remixed from Seminary Co-op you are directly supporting independent bookselling in Chicago and a vital space for book browsing, discovery, and community.
Order your copy of Ballad of the Bullet and Democracy Remixed today!
[Event tile image description: The event image at the top left of the event page is a graphic featuring photographs of Forrest Stuart (left) and Cathy Cohen (right). Stuart leans against a pillar, arms crossed, smiling. He wears a light grey-blue suit jacket over a white collared shirt and a watch on his left wrist. Cohen smiles slightly at the camera, her head tilted and her hands clasped in front of her face. She wears a grey top, silver earrings, and burgundy lipstick.]