POL 210-G: Black Women in US Politics and Media Spring 2021 Professor Melissa Harris-Perry Maya Angelou Presidential Chair Department of Politics and International Affairs Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Wake Forest University
PICTURED: Rep Maxine Waters (D, CA), the late Shirley Chisholm (D, NY), Minneapolis City Councilwoman Andrea Jenkins, Vice President Kamala Harris, Activist Patrice Cullors
This course examines black women’s participation in American politics as citizens, residents, voters, activists, candidates, elected officials, and media makers. Topics include traditional political action such as voting, campaigning, and protesting and less traditional engagement such as education, research, media, sports and art. We will consider the intersections of race, gender, class, and sexual orientation and identity. The format for this class is decidedly non-traditional. The primary work of this course is producing an ongoing multi-media project titled The Beauty of Change. Students are required to complete significant professional writing , visual and audio media production. There will be some opportunity for skill enhancement, but students need to have prerequisite skills. 1
*Created by Melissa Harris-Perry @harrismv@wfu.edu, January 2021
