Leah Wright Rigueur, Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Artur Davis, Former U.S. Representative and current Republican candidate for Mayor of Montgomery, AL
Lisa McGirr, Respondent, Professor of History, Harvard University
Alex Keyssar, Moderator, Matthew W. Stirling Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy
Co-sponsored by the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, The Harvard Journal of African American Policy and the HKS Black Student Union.
About the Event
Harvard Kennedy School Assistant Professor of Public Policy Leah Wright Rigueur, Former U.S. Representative Artur Davis and Harvard University Professor of History Lisa McGirr will discuss Professor Wright Rigueur’s new book, The Loneliness of the Black Republican in an event moderated by Alex Keyssar, HKS Matthew W. Stirling Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy. Covering more than four decades of American social and political history, The Loneliness of the Black Republican examines the ideas and actions of black Republican activists, officials, and politicians, from the era of the New Deal to Ronald Reagan’s presidential ascent in 1980.... Read more about The Loneliness of the Black Republican: Pragmatic Politics and the Pursuit of Power