A Conversation on Contemporary Black American Issues

On Saturday, February 28th, Papercuts J.P. hosted academics Jabari Asim and Emmett G. Price III in a conversation on contemporary Black American issues to close Black History Month. Listen to the dynamic conversation with the live audience here. Jabari Asim is an author, poet, playwright, editor-in-chief at The Crisis magazine, and professor at Emerson College. He is the author of children's books, short stories, and non-fiction books The N Word and What Obama Means . His first novel, Only the Strong will be published this spring 2015. Emmett G. Price III is a leading expert on African American music and culture, an acclaimed scholar, ordained minister, professor at Northeastern University, and author of non-fiction books, including The Black Church and Hip Hop Culture . Papercuts J.P. is a independent bookstore, established November 2014 in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston.

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A Conversation on Contemporary Black American Issues is an episode from Papercuts J.P. Audio Broadcast by Katie Eelman.

This episode is 54:42 long.

This episode was published on Mar 11, 2015.

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