Hi, I'm Melissa Malano. And this is Sorry Not Sorry. So, Somehow in 2024 we still live in a time where white people in power mostly men are

trying to erase the contributions of black people and especially

black women to our history.

Our guest today, Dr. Jen Jackson, is asserting those feminist histories and lessons in her new book, Black

Women taught us a history of black feminism. Every Wednesday as I grew up, our tiny two-bedroom home became a concert hall

for a majestic group of gospel seniors.

I'll never forget the way it felt as an undergrad when I first learned that there was no

black from this history course offered at my university.

This elite institution of higher education had attracted me because it both did a world

renowned faculty and curricula that was supposedly prepared me for the broader world.

Quite busy indeed. As an educator, a journalist, and fierce pioneer for civil rights,

well spent the majority of her life crusading for justice and equality for black people,

as well as women in general from the late 1800s to the early 20th century.

One of my primary motivations in writing Black Women taught us

was the ability history that has long been erased,

watered down, whitewashed, and removed from the archive archive and even when it is acknowledged it's

often misremembered and simply not acknowledged by mainstream institutions

especially institutions that matter most.

Hi I'm Jim Jackson and I'm fighting to make sure that black women's voices are heard.

Sorry, not sorry.

Jen, hi, welcome to Sorry not Sorry. Can you tell our listeners a little bit about who you are in the work that you do?

Absolutely, thank you so much for having me here today. I'm an assistant professor of political science at Syracuse University.

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