By: MMM Editorial Team
The Black Future Newsstand made its third stop– this time in Chicago this past Friday.
Presented in collaboration with MediaJustice and the Media 2070 Project, the exhibit will showcase Black-owned magazines, art and newspapers alongside coverage of Chicago’s political movements of the ‘70s and ‘80s, including Collins-Dexter’s family archives.
“If democracy is in danger, our media and technology system is ground zero for the issue,” said Brandi Collins-Dexter, Organizer, MediaJustice Fellow and former Schuster Media and Technology Fellow at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. Collins-Dexter’s 2022 book Black Skinhead topped numerous recommended reading lists while delving into the realities of Black political disaffection.
WGN-9 went live from the community unveiling, recording three live spots from on-scene. Reporter Jewell Hillery told the story, which you can read in full below:
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