My new book just arrived. It looks at the historic story of how residents created the middle-class African American suburbs outside of Baltimore, and the important work they’re still doing. #Baltimore #Randallstown #sociology #LibertyRoad

@prudencelcarter Similar findings from 1978 study "Whites, on the other hand, are reluctant to remain in neighborhoods where blacks are moving in and will not buy homes in already integrated areas." Deadric T. Williams Sandy Darity, Retweets do not mean endorsement. Darrick Hamilton @learothawms Charles Williams II William E. Spriggs

Pleased to have this out in Metropolitics: Elizabeth Nelson on how people in France use urban spaces differently in Paris and the banlieues to develop varied aspects of French and Algerian identities. metropolitics.org/Spaces-of-Incl…

Flattered to be quoted here because my colleagues’ comments are so sharp. The show thinks “community policing” makes it cutting edge; isn’t that term from a decade ago? Los Angeles Times #EastNewYork Alex Vitale

Mike Davis was so ahead of the curve on Marxist ecology because he was interested in making sense of all the world—Malibu real estate & So Cal flora & LA tenements; El Niños & grain markets & colonial policy. a true materialist. so grateful for all he taught us, RIP.

Pleased my new book is in The Baltimore Sun. Kelley got to the heart: people like James Crockett, Ella White Campbell & James Rouse's work to build Black suburbs. NYU Press The Graduate Center Brooklyn College #LibertyRoad #BlackAmerica #Neoliberalism #CivilRights baltimoresun.com/maryland/balti…

Excited to have been interviewed by Sheila Kast on WYPR's On the Record about my new book Liberty Road #LibertyRoad #Baltimore #BlackSuburbs NYU Press The Graduate Center Brooklyn College wypr.org/show/on-the-re…

Looking forward to a conversation with Larry Jackson about my book Liberty Road, in Baltimore March 27. Hope to see you there. krieger.jhu.edu/humanities-ins… The Ivy Bookshop #LibertyRoad #Baltimore #BlackSuburbs NYU Press The Graduate Center @bklyncollege411 Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at JHU

French researcher: 2nd gen N. Africans in professions near the national average. Contradicts the perpetual claim that the latest generation of immigrants isn't doing what immigrants have always done or that social mobility is broken. lemonde.fr/idees/article/…

I'd take issue with his explanation for why Mahgreb women see greater success in France than men; he's not looking at the different stereotypes both have to face, a well-known factor in gender differences for groups in the US.

Giving a book talk and conversation with Carla Nelson Chambers about my book, Liberty Road, this Sat Oct 7, 1:30pm at Randallstown Public Library, in the area where I did my research jmoreliving.com/event/liberty-… #LibertyRoad #Baltimore #BlackSuburbs NYU Press The Graduate Center Brooklyn College