The Present and Future of Civil Rights Movements: Race and Reform in 21st Century America

Plenary: Race, Culture and Media

Moderator: Mark Anthony Neal (Duke University, Department of African & African American Studies)
Panel: Devon W. Carbado (UCLA School of Law), Tanisha C. Ford (Haute Couture Intellectualism, University of Massachusetts Amherst), Russell Robinson (University of California, Berkeley School of Law), Goldie Taylor (Editor-at-Large, The Daily Beast)

Sparked by the Michael Brown shooting in Missouri, there is a renewed public discussion on troubled interactions between minorities and police. This panel, comprised of experts from various disciplines, offers observations and suggestions. Panelists include: Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, Professor of Black Popular Culture in the Department of African and African-American Studies at Duke University; Dr.

Three distinguished scholars lead a discussion on the inter- and intra-racial implications of the hip-hop genre. Duke Professor of African and American Studies Mark Anthony Neal has written extensively about black and hip-hop music and culture in works that include That's the Joint! : The Hip-Hop Studies Reader. Professor Imani Perry of Rutgers Law School, the author of Prophets of the Hood: Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop, focuses her scholarship on race in law and culture. Professor Mario L.