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Born into abject poverty in rural southwest Virginia, Dr. Carol Swain, a high school dropout, went on to earn five degrees. Holding a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.S.L. from Yale, she also earned early tenure at Princeton and full professorship at Vanderbilt where she was professor of political science and a professor of law. Today, she is a sought-after cable news contributor, a best-selling author, a prominent national speaker, and an entrepreneur.

In addition to having three Presidential appointments, Dr. Swain is a former Distinguished Senior Fellow for Constitutional Studies with the Texas Public Policy Foundation who has also served on the Tennessee Advisory Committee to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the 1776 Commission. In 2025, she received the Frederick Douglass Lifetime Achievement Award for a lifetime of conservative service to the nation. Currently, she is a senior fellow at the Institute for Faith and Culture.

An award-winning political scientist cited three times by the U.S. Supreme Court, Dr. Swain has authored or edited fourteen published books, including the bestseller, Black Eye for America: How Critical Race Theory is Burning Down the House. Other books include The Gay Affair: Harvard, Plagiarism, and the Death of Academic Integrity; Diversity Without Discrimination: How to Promote a Culture of Unity in a Post-DEI/Affirmative Action World; and Countercultural Living: What Jesus Has to Say About Life, Marriage, Race, Gender, and Materialism.

Ms. Swain is an expert on critical race theory, American politics, and race relations with television appearances that include BBC Radio and TV, CSPAN, ABC’s Headline News, CNN, Fox News, Newsmax and more.

She is an expert on American politics, immigration reform, affirmative action and DEI policies, and evangelical politics. Her television appearances include BBC News, ABC’s Headline News, CBS, CNN, Fox News, Newsmax and more. In addition, she has published opinion pieces in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Epoch Times, the Financial Times, and USA Today.

Dr. Swain is the founder and CEO of Carol Swain Enterprises, REAL Unity Training Solutions, Your Life Story for Descendants, and her non-profit, Be the People. She is a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who resides in Nashville, Tennessee.

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