Lester Spence is a Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He specializes in the study of black, racial, and urban politics in the wake of the neoliberal turn. An award winning scholar (in 2013, he received the W.E.B. DuBois Distinguished Book Award for his book, Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics) and teacher (in 2009, he received an Excellence in Teaching Award), he can regularly be heard on National Public Radio and the Marc Steiner Show.
Lester Spence

Professor
PhD, University of Michigan
273 Mergenthaler
Fall 2020: By Appointment
410-516-7537
unbowed@gmail.com
Personal Website

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Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics
- 2011, University of Minnesota Press
- Role: author
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