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Saturday Apr. 8, 2023

New book published on fast food’s historical relationship to African Americans

White Burgers, Black Cash: Fast Food from Black Exclusion to Exploitation is now available everywhere books are sold! Order a copy or check it out at your local library.

Monday Sep. 5, 2022

An artists’ book published!

Naa Oyo A. Kwate published an artists’ book interrogating race, space, and perceived safety through the lens of Marseille, France. Available for purchase at Printed Matter and Art Metropole, the book contains an introductory essay, Kwate’s photos and public posts to travel forums. It was designed by Kudos Design Collaboratory, NYC.

Sunday Feb. 7, 2021

An edited photobook exploring inequality

An edited volume featuring the photography of Camilo J. Vergara, and with a foreword by Darnell L. Moore, was released in May 2021. Titled The Street: A Photographic Field Guide to American Inequality, it was published by Rutgers University Press.

Sunday Feb. 7, 2021

A new paper on corner liquor stores

A new paper, entitled “The corner liquor store: Rethinking toxicity in the Black metropolis” has been published at the Journal of Medical Humanities.

Monday Aug. 19, 2019

New book on racist restaurants

Burgers in Blackface: Anti-Black Restaurants Then and Now has just been released by the University of Minnesota Press. This short work examines racism in restaurant naming, branding, and architecture.

Friday Jun. 30, 2017

Kwate awarded EURIAS fellowship

Naa Oyo A. Kwate will be a Senior Fellow at IMeRA, the Institute for Advanced Studies in Marseille, France, for the 2017-2018 year. The fellowship will support research on neighborhood charm and disorder.

Friday Apr. 15, 2016

The City as Health Policy will Live Stream May 6, 2016!

The City as Health Policy, a conference investigating how city policies affect health, is taking place on May 6, 2016! The conference will be Live Streamed, don’t miss it!

Friday Apr. 15, 2016

Kwate awarded fellowship at Black Metropolis Research Consortium

A new project will examine fast food’s historical relationship to the African American community. Funding from the 2016 Short-Term Research Fellowship at The Black Metropolis Research Consortium (BMRC), the University of Chicago, will make this research possible.

Friday Apr. 15, 2016

Kwate awarded Smithsonian Institution Fellowship

During the 2016-2017 academic year, the Smithsonian’s Senior Research Fellowship will enable archival research for a project investigating fast food’s historical relationship with the African American community.

Wednesday Mar. 9, 2016

New paper on fast food and liquor stores in Chicago

Building on prior work in New York City, a new paper examines the prevalence of fast food and liquor stores (vice stores) in Chicago from 1995 to 2008, examining racial and socioeconomic predictors of store clustering, turnover, and density over time.

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