About Sherry Johnson

NBN Episodes hosted by Sherry:

Erica R. Edwards, "Charisma and the Fictions of Black Leadership" (U Minnesota Press, 2012)

June 29, 2012

Charisma and the Fictions of Black Leadership

Erica Edwards
Hosted by Sherry Johnson

Picture the familiar scene: the visiting pastor thanks the local pastor for granting him the use of his pulpit; he sends out the call ("Can I just spe…

Erin D. Chapman, "Prove It On Me: New Negroes, Sex, and Popular Culture in the 1920s" (Oxford UP, 2012)

May 29, 2012

Prove It on Me

Erin Chapman
Hosted by Sherry Johnson

Whoever states the old adage, "A picture is worth a thousand words" grossly underestimates. So Erin D. Chapman shows in Prove It On Me: New Negroes, S…

Cherene Sherrard-Johnson, "Dorothy West's Paradise:  A Biography of Class and Color" (Rutgers UP, 2012)

March 9, 2012

Dorothy West's Paradise

Cherene Sherrard-Johnson
Hosted by Sherry Johnson

One lesson that the ever-present trickster figure in African American folklore teaches is how to use signifying to protect one's intimate self. A chal…