On November 7, 2017, Joe Darden was interviewed by Mileena McDonald. He is a Geography professor and author at Michigan State University. From his arrival in 1972, he describes his work in Urban Affairs and his three books Afro-Americans
in Pittsburg: the Residential Segregation of a People,Detroit
Race Riots: Racial Conflict, an Effort to Bridge Racial Divide, and Detroit
after Bankruptcy. Also, he analyzes social issues from a historical and contemporary standpoint.