Melissa Harris-Perry

About

A political scientist who is known for hosting the MSNBC show Melissa Harris-Perry weekend news program.

Before Fame

She earned a Ph.D. from Duke University after earning her B.A. from Wake Forest University.

Trivia

She wrote her second book in 2011 entitled Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America.

Family Life

She married her second husband, James Perry, in 2010. She has one daughter from her first marriage to Dennis Lacewell.

Associated With

She won the W.E.B. DuBois Book Award in 2005.