Melvin E. Thomas is a professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at North Carolina State University. He is a past president of the Association of Black Sociologists and is currently coeditor of the journal Issues in Race and Society. Loren Henderson is an associate professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Hayward Derrick Horton is a professor of sociology at the University at Albany, SUNY and is currently coeditor of the journal Issues in Race and Society.