BOOKS

SOUTH SIDE GIRLS

My first book South Side Girls: Growing up in the Great Migration (Duke University Press, 2015) reimagined the mass exodus of black Southerners to the urban North from the perspective of girls and teenage women. 

FRANCHISE

My latest book, the Pulitzer Prize winning Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America examines the intersection of the post-1968 civil rights struggle and the rise of fast food industry.  The book appeared in early 2020 from Liveright, an imprint of W.W. Norton and Company.  

how bright the path grows

My forthcoming book will appear in September 2026! You can learn more and preorder How Bright the Path Grows: The Untold Story of the Women who Made the March on Washington, from Pantheon Books. It’s a new perspective on the iconic 1963 March on Washington.