An engaged conversation about the rendering of blackness in, across, and through multiple forms of media, featuring Cathy N. Davidson (The Graduate Center, CUNY), Shelly Eversley (Baruch College), Racquel Gates (College of Staten Island) and Michael Gillespie (City College). The discussion included multiple perspectives on the intersections of blackness and aesthetics in film, television, digital media, and beyond. This event was part of The Futures Initiative’s ongoing series The University Worth Fighting For featuring conversations tying student-centered, engaged pedagogical practices to institutional change, race, equality, gender, and social justice.

Date: November 14, 2016