Robert Cherry

Robert Cherry taught economics for fifty years, the last forty-two at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center. In his tenure there, he was awarded the Broeklundian professorship for his student involvement, the Koppelman professorship for his community efforts, and the Stern professorship for his writings on popular culture. He has published more than one hundred articles in revered journals and in recent years more than seventy essays in magazines and journals, including the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Spectator, National Affairs, The Hill, RealClearPolicy, and National Review. He has authored or coauthored ten books, and The State of the Black Family is the sixth that specifically focuses on racial inequities. He is a member of 1776 Unites, a counter to the 1619 Project, and is an affiliate at the American Enterprise Institute.