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Invisible man, got the whole world watching a young black man's education

How do you learn to be a black man in America? For young black men today, it means coming of age during the presidency of Barack Obama; witnessing the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and too many more. Smith chronicles his own personal and political education during these tumultuous years,...

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Main Author: Smith, Mychal Denzel, 1986- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Nation Books, [2016]
Subjects:
Smith, Mychal Denzel, > 1986-
African American young men > Race identity.
African American young men > Social conditions > 21st century.
African American young men > Education.
United States > Race relations.
Summary: How do you learn to be a black man in America? For young black men today, it means coming of age during the presidency of Barack Obama; witnessing the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and too many more. Smith chronicles his own personal and political education during these tumultuous years, describing his efforts to come into his own in a world that denied his humanity.
Physical Description: 224 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9781568589770
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Author Notes: Mychal Denzel Smith is the author of the New York Times bestseller Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching (2016) and Stakes Is High . His work has appeared, online and print, in the New York Times, Washington Post, Harper's, Artforum, Oxford American, New Republic, GQ, Complex, Esquire, Playboy, Bleacher Report , the Nation , the Atlantic, Pitchfork, Bookforum , and a number of other publications. He has appeared on the Daily Show, PBS Newshour, Democracy NOW!, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee , MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more national and local radio/television programs.

He is featured in and was a consulting producer for Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story , the Paramount Network docuseries executive produced by Jay-Z. In 2014 and 2016, TheRoot.com named him one of the 100 Most Influential African-Americans in their annual The Root 100 list. He was also a 2017 NAACP Image Award Nominee. He is a fellow at Type Media Center. You can follow him on Twitter at @mychalsmith.

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