Jelani Cobb: Three or More Is a Riot
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Jelani Cobb: Three or More Is a Riot

A kaleidoscopic, real-time portrait of the turbulent past decade
Saturday, May 9, 2026 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm CTAthenaeum Center for Thought & Culture
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Three or More Is a Riot

Three or More Is a Riot

By Jelani Cobb

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From the moment that Trayvon Martin’s murder initiated the Black Lives Matter movement, America has been convulsed by new social movements — around guns, gender violence, sexual harassment, race, policing, and more — and an equally powerful backlash that abetted the rise of the MAGA movement. Pulitzer Prize finalist Jelani Cobb takes us to the front lines of sometimes violent conflict, using his gifts as a critic and historian to crack open the meaning of it all. Through a stunning mélange of narrative journalism, criticism, and penetrating profiles, Cobb captures the crises, characters, movements, and art of an era — and helps us understand what might be coming next.


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Jelani Cobb

Jelani Cobb

Jelani Cobb is the current Dean of Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism. He is a staff writer at The New Yorker, author of sev...

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Brandis Friedman

Brandis Friedman

Brandis Friedman is the anchor of Chicago Tonight, and the host of Chicago Tonight: Black Voices, both on Chicago’s PBS affiliate,...

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