She specializes in the history of race relations in the United States since World War II. She is author of â€œRace Mixing: Black-White Marriage in Postwar Americaâ€ and co-editor of â€œThe Civil Rights Movement in American Memory.â€ Her current book project (forthcoming from Harvard University Press) is tentatively titled â€œJustice Delayed: Civil Rights Trials and Americaâ€™s Racial Reckoning.â€