The Sociology program at Marymount University has embarked on a research project that explores the social, political, and economic forces that have shaped life for various communities that make up the DMV. With a particular focus on African-American communities, Place Matters examines the impacts of historical state and federal policies like Red-lining and Racial Housing Covenants have had on settlement patterns of African-Americans across the region. Other aspects of the project focus on community change (gentrification) and the contemporary effects of residential and commercial displacement. The goal is to better understand the effects these phenomena can have on wealth-building and equitable development in communities of color around the region.
Please register to attend this virtual talk.
Contact Megan at mzimmerman@alexlibraryva.org for more information.
Dr. Delario Lindsey is a Continuing Instructor in the Sociology program at Marymount University. Before coming to Marymount, Dr. Lindsey served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Bethune-Cookman University. He was also an Assistant Professor and the social science point-person in the interdisciplinary Africana-World-Studies Program at William Paterson University. Dr. Lindsey has presented at several international conferences and has undertaking research trips to the Federal Republic of Brazil and the Republic of South Africa to study local forms of urban inequality and community engagement.
