Mychal Denzel Smith in Conversation with Obari Cartman

Mychal Denzel Smith is one of the country’s most prominent young writers on race and gender. In Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching, Smith shares his unapologetic coming-of-age story. The questions at the heart of his message—How does one learn to be a black man in America? How will the millennial generation change the script for black manhood? What would America look like if all black boys live to see adulthood?—are urgent and the generation he represents is impatient for answers. Dr. Obari Cartman joins him in conversation.

This program is presented in partnership with the Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture, University of Chicago.