A Conversation with Jelani Cobb (old)

Week 5 | July 27 | Smith Wilkes Hall | Ages: 14+

Join journalist Jelani Cobb following his Chautauqua lecture for further discussion on what the fight for voting rights looks like in the 21st century. Cobb is a staff writer at The New Yorker, writing on race, history, justice, politics and democracy, as well as Columbia University’s Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism. During a historic election in the midst of a global pandemic, Cobb investigated allegations of voter fraud and disenfranchisement as a PBS “Frontline” correspondent in the documentary “Whose Vote Counts,” revealing how these unfounded claims entered the political mainstream and presenting how racial inequities, COVID-19, and voter suppression became interlinked crises, contributing to a long legacy of inequality.

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