The Black History of the White House

Join author and professor Dr. Clarence Lusane as he discusses his book "The Black History of the White House."

The Black History of the White House presents the untold history, racial politics, and shifting significance of the White House as experienced by African Americans, from the generations of enslaved people who helped to build it or were forced to work there to its first black First Family, the Obamas.

Dr. Clarence Lusane is a full Professor and former Chairman of Howard University’s Department of Political Science.  He is an author, activist, scholar, lecturer, and journalist. For more than 40 years, he has written about and been active in national and international human rights, anti-racism politics, Diaspora engagements, U.S. foreign policy, democracy building, and social justice issues such as education, criminal justice, and drug policy.  He earned his B.A. in Communications from Wayne State University and both his Masters and Ph.D. from Howard University in Political Science.

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