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Many will remember growing up with the classic 1997 Black independent romantic comedy, "Love Jones," which starred Larenz Tate and Nia Long among a cast of prolific Black Hollywood talent. But when Dr. Kris Marsh, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, refers to the Love Jones cohort, she means to shed light on the intentional choice to stay single by many in today's Black middle class. Dr. Marsh joins host Prof. Mark Anthony Neal to discuss her new book, "The Love Jones Cohort: Single and Living Alone in the Black Middle Class," published by Cambridge University Press.

Find "The Love Jones Cohort" here: https://duke.is/c/9ahr

Learn more about Dr. Marsh here: https://drkrismarsh.com/

Left of Black is the Webby Awards-nominated web series featuring interviews with Black Studies scholars created and hosted by James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African and African American Studies Mark Anthony Neal. From 2010-2020, it was produced by the John Hope Franklin Center for International and Global Studies. In 2020, the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute took over production, with funding support from Trinity College of Arts & Sciences.

Directed & edited by Eric Barstow, MFA.
Assistant editor, Jakiah Glass

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