NewBlackMan (In Exile)

10/02/2026

Tis the season.

09/29/2026

Join us tomorrow night, Wednesday, September 30th, in Durham at the Main branch of the Durham County Library.

09/26/2026

Buena Vista Social Club at DPAC Presented by First Horizon

09/24/2026

Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III was, of course, Fiyah, giving to 2026 Gardner C. Taylor lecture at Duke Divinity School. And he even managed to give homage to the great James Yancey!

09/20/2026

Thrilled to have joined Leoneda Inge on WUNC's to discuss my new book 'Save a Seat For Me: Notes on American Fatherhood.'

Link in Bio.

08/14/2026

"Black Men have literally been reduced to the payment of Child Support"

Save a Seat for Me: Notes on American Fatherhood by Mark Anthony Neal | Chapter Two: Be A Better Me

Be a Better Me: Chapter Two | Save a Seat for Me: Notes on American...

08/10/2026

'The book explores Black fatherhood beyond the stereotype of simply providers, protectors and disciplinarians, and asks what fatherhood looks like in an era shaped by evolving ideas of masculinity, especially Black masculinity.'
https://www.ms.now/morning-joe/watch/save-a-seat-for-me-mark-anthony-neal-discusses-new-book-of-fatherhood-2509857347639 | Morning Joe

Author and distinguished professor Mark Anthony Neal joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book, 'Save a Seat for Me: Notes on American Fatherhood.' The book explores Black fatherhood beyond the stereotype of simply providers, protectors and disciplinarians, and asks what fatherhood looks like in an....

08/09/2026

"Black Men Have Worked Themselves to Death"

Work Daddy: How Providing Disappears Black Fathers from 'Save a Seat for Me: Notes on American Fatherhood'

Work Daddy: How Providing Disappears Black Fathers from Save a Seat...

08/08/2026

I might have been born in the South Bronx, but is the place that made . You can meet Booker thoughout the pages of 'Save a Seat for Me'

08/07/2026

"From the preeminent scholar on Black masculinity in America, Save a Seat for Me (Simon & Schuster) is Mark Anthony Neal’s attempt to bring his scholarship on fatherhood to a broader audience."

Directed and Produced by Eric Barstow
Music by Patrick Douthit

Directed and Produced by Eric BarstowMusic by Patrick Douthit"Fr...