Black Bodies, Black Votes: Election 2020
Panelists include: Nadia Brown (Political Science, Purdue), Jelani M. Favors (History, Clayton State), Denise Lieberman (Dir. MO Voter Protection Coalition; Law, Washington University), and Lester Spence (Political Science, John's Hopkins)
Race is on the ballot in 2020. As the country witnesses racial reckoning, this election matters more than ever before. Trump uses racial fear to galvanize his white base. The courts decide access to voting. Racial inequalities worsen. Women's control over their bodies is being threatened. The country is divided. The Department of African & African American Studies has assembled a panel of scholars to provide historic and political context and what’s at stake for the nation and Black Americans.
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