Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is an assistant professor in the department of African American Studies at Princeton University.
Her newest book is entitled, “Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership.”
Taylor was named one of the most influential African Americans in the U.S. by The Root in 2016, and was appointed as a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians for 2018-19.
She received the 47th Thomas Merton Center Award during an event at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Nov. 22.
KEEANGA-YAMAHTTA TAYLOR, center, shown above with Briann Moye and M. Shernell Smith, is an assistant professor in the department of African American Studies at Princeton University. (Feature Photo) (Photos by Courier photographer J.L. Martello)
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