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Why are Black women and girls the target of multiple forms of violence? Domestic violence in the home presents its own challenges, but what about the state-sanctioned violence that African American women have to contend with either in the form of militarized police brutality showing up on their doorsteps or the ongoing slow violence of poverty? Dr. Treva B. Lindsey, Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at The Ohio State University joins host Mark Anthony Neal to discuss her new book, "America Goddam: Violence, Black Women, and The Struggle for Justice published by University of California Press.
Learn more about Dr. Lindsey here: trevablindsey.com/
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Left of Black is the Webby Award-nominated series featuring interviews with Black Studies scholars, created and hosted by the James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African and African American Studies Dr. Mark Anthony Neal. From 2010-2020, it was produced by the John Hope Franklin Center for International and Global Studies. In 2020, the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute took over production, with funding support from Trinity College of Arts & Sciences.
Directed & edited by Eric Barstow, M.F.A.
Camera and assistant editing by Jakiah Glass