Jamilah King
amilah King is Senior News Editor at Colorlines.com, where she coordinates story assignments, writes about culture, and reports on media and technology. Her work has appeared in several publications, including Salon.com and The Advocate. Before joining Colorlines, Jamilah was an editor at WireTap Magazine and served on the peer review board of the Youth Media Reporter. A native of San Francisco, she graduated from Pitzer College in Claremont, Calif. with a degree in English, studied labor history at CUNY's Murphy Institute and economic development at the University of the West Indies. Jamilah tweets at @jamilahking.
Presentations from Facing Race 2014
Race on the playing field
Sports is one of America's most visible and profitable cultural arenas. From low-wage labor in billion-dollar stadiums to racist team names and defiant owners, it's also the place where some of our most hotly contested political issues play out. On this panel, we'll talk about the issues that are shifting our sports landscape.
Speakers: David Zirin, Robert Holden, Jamilah King, Jeff Chang