Midday Culture Connections with Dr. Sheri Parks: Black Women as Public Intellectuals

Today, another installment of the Midday Culture Connection with Dr. Sheri Parks of the University of Maryland. Sheri is an Associate Dean for Research, Interdisciplinary Scholarship and Programming at the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of MD College Park, where she is also an Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies . She?s the author of Fierce Angels: Living with a Legacy from the Sacred Dark Feminine to the Strong Black Woman . We?re joined by Dr. Brittney Cooper , an assistant professor of women and gender studies at Rutgers University in Brunswick, New Jersey. She is also the author of a new book called Beyond Respectability: The Intellectual Thought of Race Women . Dr. Cooper?s book chronicles the history of black women intellectuals. The 19 th and 20 th century ?Race Women? she tells us about are often thought of as activists rather than public intellectuals. Their achievements have been largely overshadowed by Black men like W.E.B Dubois andEmail us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.