“A Young Black Man’s Education” at Porter Square Books

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. It means witnessing the deaths of Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Akai Gurley, and too many more. It means celebrating powerful moments of black self-determination for LeBron James, Dave Chappelle, and Frank Ocean.

In Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man’s Education, Mychal Denzel Smith, contributing writer at The Nation, reflects on his experience with race and masculinity.

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