Jan 161 minIt’s not just older voters who are giving Joe Biden his lead with black Americans- Washington PostStory by Eugene Scott “I think what we have is a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy. In his strategy around 2020, I think Biden came out early and smartly, sa...
Jan 131 minAs Booker exits Democratic primary, a once-historic field gets less diverse- USA TodayStory by: Rebecca Morin and Deborah Barfield Berry “The Democratic Party tried to evolve … this year. It still has some work to do,’’ said Keneshia Grant, a ...
Dec 16, 20191 minDelaware has the "eighth-largest black population in the country"- PoliticoStory by Amy Sherman "There are more black people in one county in Florida than in Delaware," said Keneshia Grant, a Howard University political scientist wh...
Nov 23, 20191 minDemocrats are vying to win over the youngest generation of their most important voting blocStory by Eugene Scott [T]raditional ideas about electability are not common among younger black voters, said Keneshia Grant, author of “The Great Migration a...
Nov 20, 20191 minBlack voters move center stage as Democrats take debate to Atlanta- The GuardianStory by Oliver Laughland “I think there’s work for the Democratic party to do, frankly,” said Keneshia Grant, assistant professor of political science at How...
Nov 18, 20191 minCandidates use visits to Georgia for debate to appeal to black voters- Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionStory by Tia Mitchell and Greg Bluestein It makes political sense for candidates to schedule stops at historically black colleges and universities to connect...
Nov 4, 20191 minThere is no single “black vote.” There are many.- VoxStory by P.R. Lockhart “Black voters today are behaving in a very smart and strategic way that they’ve always behaved in, but no one ever really lets us be s...
Aug 12, 20191 minA Change in Politics With More Black Voters in the Deep South- StatelineStory By: Tim Henderson “People go to Atlanta because they hear that black people are doing well there, and Alabama and Mississippi may not have that connota...
Jun 28, 20191 min14 political experts on why the first Democratic debates were history-making-Vox"The presence of two black candidates, Booker and Harris, changes the conversation."
May 20, 20191 minBroken promises of the past weigh on black voters- The Washington Post“holding the next black candidate to a higher standard—not just ‘are you black,’ but ‘what is that blackness going to get me?
May 7, 20191 minJoe Biden Has to Do More Than Name-Drop Obama to Win Black Voters-The Daily BeastStory by Scott Bixby “He’s in a precarious situation,” said Dr. Keneshia Grant, a professor of political science at Howard University whose research focus is...
May 4, 20191 min2020 candidates fighting for support of black lawmakers and their powerful voting bloc-USA TodayStory by Deborah Barfield Berry and Eliza Collins “If black voters do show up in a bloc it’s going to make a big difference,’’ said Keneshia Grant, a politic...
Apr 27, 20191 minHoward University Stares Down Challenges, and Hard Questions on Black Colleges-The New York TimesStory by Noah Weiland Near the end of the occupation early this month, Keneshia N. Grant, an assistant professor of political science at Howard, asked her st...
Apr 25, 20191 minKamala Harris needs to unlock the power of African American women voters (Vox)“I think [support from Black women is] essential, and I think she knows this,” Howard University political science professor Keneshia Grant told Vox. “You ha...
Apr 20, 20191 minStudents say dog walkers on Howard campus are desecrating hallowed ground (Washington Post)Story by Tara Bahrampour, "Keneshia Grant, a political science professor at Howard, said the conflict over who uses the campus and how it is used is not new...
Feb 6, 20191 minFor Democrats, Stacey Abrams sends key message on gender and race in SOTU response (ABCgo)Story by Chyenne Haslett Keneshia Grant, an assistant professor of political science at Howard University who studies race and the electoral system, pointed ...
Nov 21, 20181 minSisters in the Struggle: Black Women and the 2018 ElectionsBlack Students Optimistic After Midterm Elections Story by William J. Ford Available via The Washington Informer Story by Brianna McAdoo Available via The Af...
Sep 15, 20181 minFAMU Made: From Mayor to Main StreetLawson puts spotlight on FAMU grads serving as mayor during Black Caucus event. The panel featured Mayor Booker Gainor IV, Cairo, Ga.; Mayor Oliver Gilbert, ...