Life
He graduated from the University of Oregon, and from the University of California, Berkeley with an M.A. and Ph.D. He taught for thirty years at Howard University 1971–2001. He has taught at Boston University since 2001. From 2006 to 2009 he was President of the Phi Beta Kappa society.Awards
* 1988 American Book Award * Woodrow Wilson Fellowship * Mellon Fellowship * Fulbright-Hays Fellowship * Ford Foundation FellowshipWorks
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Living people 21st-century American historians University of Oregon alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni Howard University faculty Boston University faculty American Book Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-historian-stub