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Karin l stanford biography


Karin L. Stanford is a Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies at California State University, Northridge....

Rebirth of a black studies scholar: ten years after Karin Stanford gained notoriety for her relationship with Rev.

Jesse Jackson, she has rebuilt her life and the black studies department she leads.

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On January 18, , Dr. Karin L. P Stanford felt like her world was falling apart.

Karin L. Stanford is associate professor of pan African studies and African American politics at California State University, Northridge.

  • Karin L. Stanford is associate professor of pan African studies and African American politics at California State University, Northridge.
  • Karin L. Stanford, PhD, is a renowned professor specializing in Africana studies at California State University, Northridge.
  • Karin L. Stanford is a Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies at California State University, Northridge.
  • Author | Professor | Mentor | Mom to @ashleylavernejackson | 1908 | 1867 #YouKnow www.karinstanford.com.
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  • The media had set up camp outside of her Los Angeles home and stalked her family after civil fights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson confirmed a National Enquirer story that he had fathered a child with Stanford two years earlier.



    "I am father to a daughter who was born outside of my marriage," Jackson said at the time. "I love this child very much and have assumed responsibility for her emotional and financial support since she was born."

    After Jackson's public admission, old allies turned against Stanford.

    She was vilified in the media and demonized as a woman out for financial gain.

    "I couldn't trust anyone," she tells Diverse.

    A decade has passed, Stanfo