Nneka D. Dennie

Assistant Professor of History, core faculty in Africana Studies, and affiliate faculty in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Washington and Lee University. She is also co-founder and president of the Black Women’s Studies Association.

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May 30, 2025 • 1h 3min

Nneka D. Dennie, "Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Essential Writings of a Nineteenth Century Black Radical Feminist" (Oxford UP, 2023)

Nneka D. Dennie is an Assistant Professor of History and an advocate for Black women's studies. She discusses the remarkable contributions of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, one of North America's first Black women newspaper editors. Dennie highlights Cary's profound influence on women's rights, abolitionism, and economic self-determination. The conversation touches on her critiques of respectability politics and systemic injustices, drawing connections to modern movements like Black Lives Matter. Dennie's insights emphasize the lasting significance of Cary's radical feminist legacy.

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