In this episode of Rockford Reading Daily we finish the final pages of Melissa V. Harris Perry’s “Sister Citizen”. We learn about Fannie Lou Hamer’s contribution to the Civil Rights Movement and read the story of Shirley Sherrod.

In this episode of Rockford Reading Daily we discuss Michelle Obama’s experience with the crooked room that is American society for black women.

In this episode of Rockford Reading Daily we begin the final chapter of Sister Citizen which is entitled “Michelle”. In this chapter we Lea em about the experience of former First Lady Michelle Obama during her husbands campaign and presidency and how her treatment by the media reflects the stereotypes we have read about throughout the book.

In this episode of Rockford Reading Daily we conclude reading chapter 6 entitled “God” and reflect on how black women’s experiences within religion dictate their political beliefs.

In this episode of Rockford Reading daily we continue reading about black women’s relationship with religion, the church, and God and how it directly impacts their politics.

In this episode of Rockford Reading Daily we continue reading about black women’s relationship with religion and how it impacts them politically. We read about surveys done on multiple groups of people within the United States that gives us more information about religious practices among differing groups of people.

In this episode of Rockford Reading Daily we begin a new chapter in Sister Citizen entitled “God”. In this chapter we discuss the relationship that black women have with religion and the impact that it has on their political experience in the United States of America.

In this episode of Rockford Reading Daily we learn about the political ramifications that the concept of the “strong, black woman” has on black women in America.

In this episode we continue reading about the myth of the “strong, Black woman” and how it directly impacts black women in the United States of America.

In this episode of Rockford Reading Daily we begin chapter 5 entitled Strength as we continue reading Sister Citizen by Melissa V. Harris Perry.