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Black Panther, by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates's Black Panther - Spring 2017 Library Book Discussion, sponsored by ISU Library's Committee on Diversity & Inclusion

List of topics

1/30: Ta-Nehisi Coates lecture: A Deeper Black: Race in America

                Post-lecture discussion: Ta-Nehisi Coates (background, works), response to lecture

2/6: Discussion – Character genealogy and black superheroes

2/13: Discussion – Superheroes, black stereotypes, and tokenism

2/20: Discussion – Superheroes and gender

               Keisha Blain lecture: In the Shadow of Charleston – Reflections on Race, Racism and Racial Violence

2/27: Discussion – Superheroes, race, and film