{"id":37668,"date":"2016-04-04T07:51:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T12:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=37668"},"modified":"2016-04-06T10:43:17","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T15:43:17","slug":"black-youth-in-chicago-and-the-future-of-american-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/black-youth-in-chicago-and-the-future-of-american-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Black youth in Chicago and the future of American politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>A <a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/category\/topics\/medill-newsmakers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Medill Newsmakers<\/a> Report<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?s=jasmine+cen\">Jasmine Cen<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">In this episode of Medill Newsmakers, we invited three guests to help us understand the black youth in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Three topics were discussed during the show: how community violence impacts the black youth in Chicago, who the young activists are, and what the political scientist thinks about the protests led by the young activists in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>[vimeo 159011116 w=474]<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">PHOTO AT TOP: Antonio Dyson talks about his experience as a young activist in Chicago. 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