Racial attitudes and perceptions
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Divine Intervention: Can Historically Black Fraternities & Sororities in the Divine Nine Shape Political History in the 2020 Election?
By Caroline Harper On August 11, 2020, presidential candidate Joe Biden announced Senator Kamala Harris as his pick for vice president in the 2020 election. While Harris’ nomination is not […]
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Webinar: NCOBPS-APSA Townhall on Black Voter Turnout in the 2020 Election
“Black Voter Turnout in 2020: The Intersections of Politics, Protest and Pandemics” Thursday, October 8th, at 3:00-4:30 PM EDT | Register Here With three weeks to go to the historic […]
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Mobilizing Students through Faculty Engagement: Join the Faculty Network for Student Voting Rights
By Sabrina Medler As a young voter, and recent Political Science graduate from Stanford University, I understand the kinds of obstacles that impact students’ ability to vote. My goal is […]
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Understanding Contemporary African American Political Engagement through Anger and Empowerment
By Christopher Towler As the 2020 presidential election approaches, African American voters will play a decisive role in determining the election for president and state representatives. The power of Black […]
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Will the Recent Black Lives Matter Protests Lead to Police Reform?
On May 25th, a police officer killed George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. Since then, protests, marches, and demonstrations have taken place around […]
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Unfair Treatment by the Police May Matter Even More Than We Thought When It Comes to African Americans and the Legal System: Lessons from ‘Black and Blue’
In 2018, we published Black and Blue: How African Americans Judge the U.S. Legal System (Oxford University Press). Based on a nationally representative survey of African Americans, this book presents […]