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
Represented: Black Imagemakers and Citizenship
In this episode, Dr. Katherine J. Parkin is in conversation with Dr. Brenna Wynn Greer about her latest work on Black capitalism, media culture and civil rights. Dr. Parkin is the Jules Plangere, Jr. Endowed Chair in American History and Political Studies at Monmouth University and the author of Food is Love: Advertising and Gender Roles in Modern America (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011) and Women at the Wheel: A Century of Buying, Driving and Fixing Cars (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017). Dr. Greer is an Associate Professor of History at Wellesley College and the author of Represented: The Black Imagemakers Who Reimagined African American Citizenship (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018).
