This synchronous course will examine several political and public policy issues relating to black American women. We will discuss a comprehensive history of black female political participation from the era of slavery and Reconstruction to the present. We will also examine various theoretical frameworks such as black feminism, womanism, and intersectionality that scholars have used to examine the black female political experience as both voters and candidates. Included in this analysis, we will examine black women who have either become (or attempted to become) congressional members, governors, mayors, legislators, and president/vice-president of the United States.

A syllabus can be found here: Black Women’s Politics