Professor James Peterson on “We the People: Corrective Art and Hip-Hop Culture in the Era of Trump”

Professor James Peterson, Lehigh University “We the People: Corrective Art and Hip-Hop Culture in the Era of Trump” Monday, February 6th Falvey Speaker’s Corner 4:30 p.m. James Braxton Peterson is the Director of Africana Studies and Associate Professor of English at Lehigh University. He is the author of several books, The Hip Hop Underground and African American Culture, Prison Industrial Complex for Beginners and Hip Hop Headphones: A Scholar’s Critical Playlist. Peterson hosts “The Remix” on Philadelphia’s NPR affiliate, WHYY. “The Remix” is a podcast that engages issues at the intersection of race, politics, and popular culture. Peterson has written for Newsweek.com, The Guardian, The LA Times, Reuters, and The Daily Beast. He is a media commentator and has appeared on MSNBC, Al-Jazeera, CNN, HLN, Fox News, and other networks as an expert on race, politics, and popular culture.