This Week in Black History, Society, and Culture
"This Week in Black History, Society, and Culture" is a monthly podcast produced by Dr. Hettie V. Williams Professor of History in the Department of History and Anthropology at Monmouth University. Williams is the author of several essays, articles, book chapters and the author/editor of seven books. Her research interests include African American intellectual and cultural history, women's history, and race/ethnic studies. She is also the former director of the Trotter Institute for the Study of Black Culture at UMass Boston. Williams periodically interviews scholars, authors, activists, and community leaders on matters related to the history, society, and culture of Black and African American communities in the United States (U.S.) and the world. These podcast episodes are on a variety of subjects including, but not limited to, higher education, economics, criminal justice, reparations, mental health, history, science, gender, popular culture, women, and politics. A new episode will be released monthly on Monday mornings from September to May during each academic term.
This Week in Black History, Society, and Culture
Black Consumers, Workers, and Civil Rights
In this episode, Dr. Katherine Parkin, Professor of History at Monmouth University interviews Dr. Traci Parker, Associate Professor in the W.E.B. DuBois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst. Parker is a scholar of women’s history, racism, class, labor, capitalism, and consumer culture. Lizabeth Cohen called her first book, Department Stores and the Black Freedom Movement: Workers, Consumers, and Civil Rights from the 1930s to the 1980s, "fascinating" and Victoria Wolcott heralds it as a "powerful and largely untold story." In addition to talking about consumers and workers and civil rights, Parker also shares some of her new research, exploring marriage in the Black power movement. This show can be listened to on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts including on Spotify and Stitcher.
