Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Howard University's Ravi K. Perry PhD

Ravi K. Perry Ph.D. is Chair of the Department of Political Science at Howard University. A native of Toledo, Ohio, Perry holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan and a M.A. and Ph.D. from Brown University, each in political science. He was Assistant Professor of Political Science and Stennis Scholar for Municipal Governance at Mississippi State University and Chair and Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Commonwealth University before joining Howard University.
An expert on Black politics, minority representation, urban politics, American public policy, and LGBT candidates of color, Dr. Perry is the editor of 21st Century Urban Race Politics: Representing Minorities as Universal Interests, a book that discusses the efforts of African American, Latino and Asian mayors to represent the interests of minorities in historically White cities in the United States. His second book, entitled Black Mayors, White Majorities: The Balancing Act of Racial Politics, focuses on the challenges Black mayors face in representing Black interests in majority White, medium‐sized cities in the state of Ohio.
His third book, published with his mother, is The Little Rock Crisis: What Desegregation Politics Says About Us. In it, they frame the story of the Little Rock 1957 desegregation crisis through the lens of memory.
Perry’s recent publication, “LGBT Politics and Rights through the Obama Era,” examines President Obama’s evolution on the rights afforded LGBT (Black) Americans.
He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors