Price's teaching and research focused on African-American history and culture; United States urban and social history; New Jersey history; public history; and American race relations.
At the time of his death, Price was chair of the Newark Trust for Education, a trustee of the Newark Public Library and of Saint Benedict's Preparatory School, a board member of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, and chair of the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival committee.