February 26, 2019 - The Rise of the Black Panther

Published: Feb. 26, 2019, 5 p.m.

In February of 2018, \"Black Panther,\" one of the latest superhero movies from Disney and Marvel Studios, was released in theaters earning $1.3 billion globally. The story of the Black Panther continues off-screen through Marvel\'s comics. One of the most recent, Rise of the Black Panther, was released a month before the film and is co-written by Evan Narcisse and former City Club speaker Ta-Nehisi Coates. Journalist, critic, and author Evan Narcisse joins us to talk about the Black Panther and the representation of black life in pop culture.