This Week in Black History, Society, and Culture
"This Week in Black History, Society, and Culture" is a weekly podcast produced by the Black and African Diaspora Forum United (BADFU) an interracial group of faculty at Monmouth University concerned about issues pertaining to the Black/African American experience. BADFU members will periodically interview 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 beyond. 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 weekly on Monday mornings from September to May during each academic term.
This Week in Black History, Society, and Culture
Represented: Black Imagemakers and Citizenship
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Black and African Diaspora Forum United (BADFU)
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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).