Episode 19 | Sexuality and the Black Press with Kim Gallon

Over the years, has the Black Press been disproportionately focused on sexual scandal in the Black community over “real news”?

Or was it a vehicle for sexual expression and empowerment? Join Left of Black host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal as he speaks with Purdue University  Professor of History Kim Gallon to discuss her new book, Pleasure in the News: African American Readership and Sexuality in the Black Press, from University of Illinois Press. Prof. Gallon is also the founder and director of the Black Press Research Collective (BPRC) and the founder of COVID Black, a Black health data organization that uses data to tell stories about the Black lived experience to advocate for health equity.