Authors’ Series

Marcus Anthony Hunter will discuss his book, Black Citymakers: How The Philadelphia Negro Changed Urban America (Oxford University Press 2013). The book revisits the Black Seventh Ward neighborhood immortalized in W.E.B. DuBois’s The Philadelphia Negro, following its transformation from predominantly black into a largely white upper middle class and commercial neighborhood by the century’s conclusion. Hunter is an assistant professor in the Sociology and African American studies at UCLA. Books will be available for purchase. Follow him on Twitter @manthonyhunter. Haines Hall Room 135