The Claudia Jones School for Political Education along with the New Dawn Podcast are hosting Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly and Boots Riley on Oct. 27.
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Speakers
Charisse Burden-Stelly
Charisse Burden-Stelly is a scholar of political theory, political economy, and intellectual history. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science at Carleton College, and in 2020-2021, she will serve as a Postdoctoral Scholar with the Race and Capitalism Project and Political Science Department at the University of Chicago. Dr. Burden-Stelly is the co-author, with Dr. Gerald Horne, of W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life in American History. Her published work appears in journals including Souls, Du Bois Review, Socialism & Democracy, International Journal of Africana Studies, and the CLR James Journal. She is the guest editor of the forthcoming “Claudia Jones: Foremother of World Revolution” special issue of The Journal of Intersectionality. She is also a regular contributor to Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society.
Boots Riley
Boots Riley is an American rapper, producer, screenwriter, film director, and communist activist. He is the lead vocalist of The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club. He made his feature-film directorial debut with Sorry to Bother You (released July 2018), which he also wrote.