
The book appeared in early 2020 from Liveright, an imprint of W.W. 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. I am a scholar of African-American life and culture, and 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. Journalism/Religious Studies), and Brown University (A.M. Ignatius College Prep, the University of Missouri-Columbia (B.A. I am a proud native of Chicago, Illinois, and I'm an even prouder graduate of the following schools: St. Video Recorded October 6, 2021Professor Marcia Chatelain, acclaimed historian and winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in History, discussed her book Franchise.



Previously, I was a Reach for Excellence Assistant Professor of Honors and African American Studies at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. I am currently a Professor of History and African American Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
