The College of Staten Island’s Legal Studies Institute will present its Fall 2026 Lecture on Monday, November 9, featuring Beryl Satter, Professor of History Emerita at Rutgers University. The lecture, titled “Cash on the Block: The Broken Promise of Reinvestment in Black Urban Neighborhoods,” will explore the themes of Satter’s new book, Cash on the Block, published by Harvard University Press in 2026.
The presentation will take place from 4:30pm to 6pm in the Williamson Theater (Building 1P, Room 111), with a reception to follow. The lecture will also be livestreamed on CSI TV, allowing members of the College community and the public to watch remotely.
Satter is also the award-winning author of Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America.
The event is available for CLUE credit and co-sponsored by the CSI Student Pre-Law Club, the Department of Political Science and Global Affairs, the Program in African and African Diaspora Studies, and the Department of Sociology/Anthropology.
Watch the livestream on CSI TV:
