WGBH-TV (Boston) | Basic Black Live: Michelle Obama and Election 2012

Basic Black Live: Michelle Obama and Election 2012
(Originally broadcast on November 18, 2011)

This Basic Black conversation is a focus on First Lady Michelle Obama, (and the significance of having a woman of color in that role), as well as what we can expect in regards to her participation in the 2012 election. Related to the 2012 election, we'll also take a look at African Americans and the use of social media.

Our panel: Callie Crossley, host of The Callie Crossley Show, 89.7 WGBH Radio; Kim McLarin, assistant professor of writing, literature and publishing, Emerson College; Phillip Martin, senior reporter, 89.7 WGBH Radio; Peniel Joseph, professor of history, Tufts University; and Mark Anthony Neal, professor of African and African American studies, Duke University and co-editor of That's The Joint: The Hip Hop Studies Reader, 2nd edition.