African American Political Thought 

This roundtable event celebrates the recent publication of African American Political Thought (University of Chicago Press, 2021, description press.uchicago.edu/.../chicag..., an unprecedented philosophical history of thinkers from the African American community and African diaspora who addressed key political issues: democracy, race, violence, liberation, solidarity, and mass political action. The event brings the volume’s editors (Profs. Melvin Rogers and Jack Turner) into conversation with several of its contributors (Prof. Carol Wayne White on Anna Julia Cooper; Prof. Lawrie Balfour on Toni Morrison; and Prof. Cedric Johnson on Huey P. Newton).
Speakers
Melvin L. Rogers: Brown University, Associate Professor of Political Science
Jack Turner: University of Washington, Associate Professor of Political Science
Lawrie Balfour: University of Virginia, James Hart Professor of Politics
Cedric Johnson: University of Illinois-Chicago, Associate Professor of Political Science and African American Studies
Carol Wayne White: Bucknell University, Presidential Professor of Philosophy of Religion