Melissa harris perry biography sample

Scholar and American journalist

This article is about Melissa Harris-Perry. For her eponymous show, see Melissa Harris-Perry (TV series).

Melissa Victoria Harris-Perry (born October 2, 1973), formerly known as Melissa Victoria Harris-Lacewell, is an American writer, the Presidential Chair Professor of Politics & International Affairs and head of The Anna Julia Cooper Project at Wake Forest University, television host, and political commentator with a focus on African-American politics.

Harris-Perry hosted the Melissa Harris-Perry weekend news on MSNBC from 2012 to February 27, 2016.

Early life

Harris-Perry was born to a white mother and black father.^[1] She was born in Seattle and grew up in Chesterfield County, Virginia, one of the counties adjoining the independent city of Richmond, Virginia, where she attended Thomas Dale High School.

Her father was the first dean of African-American Affairs at the University of Virginia.^[2&