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Sherita Johnson Co-Authors New Collection
Professor Sherita Johnson, Associate Professor of English at Penn State and director of the College of the Liberal Arts’ Africana Research Center, co-wrote the new book, “Mixing: Race, Higher Education, and the Case of Clyde Kennard,” published by the University Press of Mississippi. Johnson and her co-authors Cheryl D. Jenkins, chair of the Mass Media Studies Department and associate professor in the School of Humanities and Fine Arts at Talladega College; Loren Saxton Coleman, assistant professor in the Communication, Culture and Media Studies Department at Howard University; and Rebecca A. Tuuri, associate professor of history at the University of Southern Mississippi, chronicle the life of Clyde Kennard (1927–1963). Combining archival research with interdisciplinary analysis, they explore his efforts to desegregate higher education, unearthing how "Kennard’s legacy persists as a symbol of the broader civil rights struggle, emphasizing the necessity of grassroots action in advancing justice."
Congratulations, Sherita and your co-authors, on this accomplishment!
Professor Sherita Johnson, Associate Professor of English at Penn State and director of the College of the Liberal Arts’ Africana Research Center, co-wrote the new book, “Mixing: Race, Higher Education, and the Case of Clyde Kennard,” published by the University Press of Mississippi. Johnson and her co-authors Cheryl D. Jenkins, chair of the Mass Media Studies Department and associate professor in the School of Humanities and Fine Arts at Talladega College; Loren Saxton Coleman, assistant professor in the Communication, Culture and Media Studies Department at Howard University; and Rebecca A. Tuuri, associate professor of history at the University of Southern Mississippi, chronicle the life of Clyde Kennard (1927–1963). Combining archival research with interdisciplinary analysis, they explore his efforts to desegregate higher education, unearthing how "Kennard’s legacy persists as a symbol of the broader civil rights struggle, emphasizing the necessity of grassroots action in advancing justice."
Congratulations, Sherita and your co-authors, on this accomplishment!