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DESCRIPTION:Since the nation’s founding\, Black Americans have had a uniq
 ue perspective on the U.S. experience—a “second sight”—that reveal
 s the truth about the nation to itself. As renowned media scholar Sarah J.
  Jackson charts in this bold and daring masterwork\, at the center of this
  effort has been an extraordinary cast of Black journalists\, photographer
 s\, filmmakers\, radio hosts\, podcasters and other mediamakers who have d
 rawn on the visionary tradition of second sight to advance democracy and b
 roaden our most fundamental American values.\n\n \n\nWhen Black mediamaker
 s raise their voices and speak uncomfortable truths about America\, they s
 hape memories of the nation and push us toward a future more closely align
 ed with our espoused values. For two centuries\, this “second sight” h
 as been an overlooked engine of American democracy.\n\n \n\nDrawing from W
 .E.B. Du Bois’s philosophical work\, along with deep historical analysis
  and dozens of interviews with today’s most active Black mediamakers\, A
  Second Sight shows these visionaries positioned at the margins of their i
 ndustries and navigating fraught relationships to power. They’ve warned 
 of the greatest dangers to democracy—from slavery to Nazism\, and mass i
 ncarceration to misinformation. Their work is central to our culture and p
 olitics. Yet it is devalued\, met with violent censure\, or achieved only 
 via ingenious work-arounds. This tension has sharpened their commitments t
 o truth.\n\n \n\nNow one of our nation’s foremost scholars of American m
 edia\, Sarah J. Jackson\, presents an appraisal that situates Black mediam
 akers at the vanguard of telling the American story. Brilliant\, urgent an
 d illuminating\, A Second Sight is an authentic and candid grappling with 
 a discordant thread in the American fabric and\, in tracing a bolder visio
 n for the nation\, presents a way forward.\n\n \n\nSarah Jackson will be j
 oined in conversation by Baltimore Beat CEO Lisa Snowden. \n\n \n\nAbout t
 he Author: \n\nSarah J. Jackson is an Associate Professor at the Annenberg
  School for Communication and co-director of the Media\, Inequality and Ch
 ange Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Her previous books\, Black 
 Celebrity\, Racial Politics\, and the Press and #HashtagActivism\, examine
  the relationship between media\, race and social change. In 2020\, she wa
 s awarded an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship to support research on A Second Si
 ght.\n\n \n\nAbout the Moderator: \n\nLisa Snowden is the CEO and cofounde
 r of the Baltimore Beat.  She is a former editor at the Baltimore Sun\, Ba
 ltimore City Paper\, and Real News Network.  Her writing has appeared in n
 umerous publications\, including Essence\, The Washington Post\, and Balti
 more Magazine. \n\n \n\nAbout the Program: \n\nTo attend in person please 
 register here.  Doors will open to registered attendees at 6 pm. A local b
 ookseller will be on-site and have books available for purchase.Free parki
 ng vouchers are available to program attendees who park at the Franklin St
 reet Garage (15 W. Franklin Street) after 4pm.  Ask Pratt event staff for 
 your parking voucher prior to or after the program. This free event will b
 e presented in-person and virtually.   This is a seated event with spaces 
 reserved for individuals with accessibility needs. ASL interpretation will
  also be available for attendees throughout the event. If you need additio
 nal accommodations to successfully participate\, please let us know at eve
 nts@prattlibrary.org or 443-768-0762.
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SUMMARY:Sarah Jackson: "A Second Sight"
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