The death of Freddie Gray and the Baltimore uprisings that were to follow have been subject to much discussion in the United States. What does these protests tell us about Baltimore and the city’s political leadership? Dr. Michael Eric Dyson slammed Dr. Cornel West for his criticism of the first black president, among other criticisms in an article for The New Republic. What is the state of black politics in the age of Obama? The Global African host Bill Fletcher examines these topics with Adam Jackson, CEO of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, Deray McKesson, Baltimore native and Ferguson based activist, Dr. Ray Winbush, Director of Urban Research at Morgan State University and Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead, Assistant Professor of Communication, African, & African American Studies at Loyola University in Baltimore.
