Policing the Black Body: Evening with Chris Jenkins, Editor from the Washington Post

Past Event

Thursday, September 4, 2014 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
TBD

Jenkins is a current editor for the Washington Post, and former editor of The Root.com. This event will discuss the recent murders of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Ezell Ford, and John Crawford III. Plus, there will be a screening of BrotherSpeak (see the link below, a project on Black men and boys by Jenkins and the Washington Post. There will also be an episode from Black males in Ferguson, Missouri. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/therootdc/brotherspeak/

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