Harris-Perry will be the keynote speaker May 13 at 9:45 a.m. at Winston-Salem State University’s commencement ceremony at Bowman Gray Stadium.
MSNBC's facelift over the past two years has cut the airtime of some of its most prominent minority personalities — and it is starting to be noticed.
Frustrated with the fact that election coverage has sidelined her MSNBC show in recent weeks, Melissa Harris-Perry announced in an email to her staff published Friday that she doesn't plan to resume her hosting duties this weekend. "Here is the reality: our show was taken?—?without comment or discussion or notice?—?in the midst of an election season," Harris-Perry wrote in a note to staff published on Medium by former colleague Jamil Smith.
MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry is refusing to host her show this Saturday due to weeks of pre-emptions that she says have left her "silenced."


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