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The Legacy of Emmett Till: Race, Youth, and Violence in Chicago
with Cathy Cohen, Salim Muwakkil, and Laura Washington
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Of the 24 Chicago Public School students killed during this school year, three were participants in Goodman Theatre's Student Subscription Series. In conjunction with
The Ballad of Emmett Till
by Ifa Bayeza, journalist Laura Washington moderates a panel discussion about the increasing intra- and interracial violence among Chicago youth, the proliferation of gangs, and efforts to reverse this tide.
Panelists include: Cathy Cohen, Professor of Political Science at University of Chicago and principal investigator for the
Black Youth Project
; Salim Muwakkil, senior editor at
In These Times
and contributing columnist for the
Chicago Tribune
; and Laura Washington (moderator), senior editor at
In These Times
, columnist for the
Chicago Sun-Times
, and Ida B. Wells University Professor at DePaul University.
Recorded Sunday, June 01, 2008 at
Goodman Theatre
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