Black Bodies, Black Votes: Election 2020
Panelists:Professor Nadia Brown, Political Science at Purdue University, Professor Jelani Favors, History at Clayton State, Denise Lieberman, Faculty director of Voter Access & Engagement at the Center for Social Development, Brown School at Washington University, and Professor Lester Spence, Political Science, at Johns Hopkins
Race is on the ballot in 2020. As the country witnesses a 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 conrol over their bodies is being threatened. The country is divided. The Dept. of African & African American Studies has assembled a peer of scholars to provide historic and political context and what's at stake for the nation and Black Americans.