Alford Young Jr.Alford A. Young, Jr., is Arthur F. Thurnau professor of sociology, Afroamerican and African Studies at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy (by courtesy) at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on how African Americans construct undrstandings of themselves and social reality. Young has previously published Are Black Men Doomed? and The Minds of Marginalized Black Men. Read More Read Less