Join the authors of Against the Wall: Poor,
Young, Black, and Male in the Living Room at the Inn at Penn (3600 Sansom Street)
on Wednesday, May 13 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. for a book signing,
press conference, and reception.
This event, sponsored by Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR), features an informal discussion between the following book contributors: Elijah Anderson, William K. Lanman, Jr. Professor of Sociology at Yale University; Luke Anderson of Northwestern University; Waverly Duck, Post-doctorate Associate in Sociology at Yale University; Gerald D. Jaynes, Professor of Economics and African-American Studies at Yale University; David Kairys, Professor of Law at Temple University; Douglas S. Massey, Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University; and William Julius Wilson, Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University.