
DNC Night Two; College Call-In; Black Women and the Vote; Wisconsin's LG Barnes
The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 19, 2020
On today's show:
- Jonathan Capehart, member of The Washington Post editorial board, host of the “Cape Up” podcast and an MSNBC contributor, breaks down highlights from the second night of the Democrats’ virtual convention.
- Parents and college students call in to share how they are feeling moving back to college campuses across the country to or from COVID-19 hot spot zones, plus talk about what their schools are doing to help manage the coronavirus risks.
- One hundred years and one day after the ratification of the 19th Amendment, Martha S. Jones, legal and cultural historian at Johns Hopkins University and the author of Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All (Basic Books, 2020), tells the story of Black women's fight for the vote, still going today against voter suppression efforts.
- Fresh from casting his state's nominating votes for Biden, Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes talks about his state and the 2020 election.
For transcripts, see individual segment pages.


