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| Bakari Kitwana |
Bakari Kitwana, author, columnist and hip-hop expert, will join Dr. Morris Jenkins, UT assistant professor of criminal justice, to kick off 2006 Black History Month activities on Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 11:30 a.m. in Student Union Rooms 2582 and 2584.
The luncheon is part of the “Bridging the Gap: Civil Rights Generation to Hip-Hop Generation” theme for the Black History Month observance.
Kitwana is the author of The Hip-Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African-American Culture (2003) and Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop: Wangstas, Wiggers, Wannabes and the New Reality of Race in America (2005). He is the former executive editor of The Source and writes a column for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He teaches a course at Kent State University on the politics of the hip-hop generation and is a consultant for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Jenkins specializes in teaching law-related education, conflict resolution and mediation and in providing diversity training for police departments and correctional facility staff. Jenkins has testified at legislative hearings on restorative justice, highway safety initiatives and gangs. Jenkins currently works with programs on homelessness, juvenile crime and race relations.
For more information on the free, public event, contact the Multicultural Student Center at 419.530.2261.
