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Schar School of Policy and Government professor Michael K. Fauntroy promises a thorough discussion regarding the question of how Black voters will affect the coming elections when he is joined in a webinar with Columbia University Professor Frederick Harris on Wednesday, October 16, at 11 a.m.
“The Black Vote and the 2024 Presidential Election” is open to the public. Registration information can be found on this Zoom page.
Fauntroy, who is the founding director of the Schar School’s Race, Politics, and Policy Center, said he believes “the George Mason University community would appreciate a deep dive into this particular topic, given the projected closeness of this election. Black voters will be a big part of the story in some of the battleground states, particularly North Carolina and Georgia.”
Harris, Fauntroy said, “is one of the preeminent scholars on the topic. His book, The Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and the Rise and Decline of Black Politics, is one of the most important books of the last decade on this issue…We want to look at where we are now so close to the election, how we got here, and what impact Black voters can have on the outcome.”
Harris is director of the Center on African American Politics and Society at Columbia University.