Conversations from the Cullman Center: The Half-Life of Freedom, Part II

 

Part 2:  Tuesday, May 9, at 7 pm: "Midnight in America: The Demagogues of American History" 

The election results on November 8th stunned a large portion of the American public. The angry, nationalistic rhetoric of Trumpism won out despite doubts from across the political spectrum that the erratic candidate at the center of the movement could win the presidency or govern effectively.  In the sweep of American history, however, the Trump phenomenon is neither novel nor uncommon. This talk looks closely at the political genealogy of the 45th president of the United States.

 

Jelani Cobb, a staff writer at The New Yorker and a professor at the Columbia Journalism School, writes frequently about race, politics, history, and culture.  Dr. Cobb, a historian by training, received the 2015 Sidney Hillman Prize for Opinion and Analysis Journalism, and has won fellowships from the Fulbright and Ford Foundations.