Jelani Cobb will speak virtually as part of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture’s fall program “Voting Rights and Community Activism.” Jelani Cobb is a professor at Columbia University’s Journalism School and has contributed to The New Yorker since 2012. He is the author of several works including “The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress.” The event is co-sponsored by UM School of Law.