Robert Lee Allen (born May 29, 1942) is an American
activist
Activism (or Advocacy) consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived greater good. Forms of activism range fro ...
,
writer, and Adjunct Professor of
African-American Studies and
Ethnic Studies at the
University of California, Berkeley. Allen received his
Ph.D. in
Sociology from the
University of California, San Francisco, and previously taught at
San José State University and
Mills College. He was Senior
Editor
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(with Editor-in-Chief and Publisher
Robert Chrisman) of ''
The Black Scholar
''The Black Scholar'' (''TBS''), the third-oldest journal of Black culture and political thought in the United States, was founded in 1969 near San Francisco, California, by Robert Chrisman, Nathan Hare, and Allan Ross. It is arguably the most in ...
: Journal of Black Studies and Research'', published quarterly or more frequently in
Oakland, California, by the Black World Foundation since 1969.
Allen married
Pam Allen Chude Pamela Parker Allen, also known as Pamela Parker, Chude Pamela Allen, Chude Pam Allen, Pamela Allen, and Pam Allen (born 1943) is an American activist of the civil rights movement and women's liberation movement. She was a founder of New York ...
in 1965.
In the 1980s he co-founded with
Alice Walker the publishing company called Wild Trees Press, publishing the work of Third World writers.
Works
* ''
Black Awakening in Capitalist America: An Analytic History'' (1969)
* ''A Guide to Black Power in America: An Historical Analysis'' (1970)
* ''Reluctant Reformers: The Impact of Racism on Social Movement in the U.S.'' (1983)
* ''Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America'' (co-edited with
Herb Boyd, reprinted 1996)
* ''Strong in the Struggle: My Life as a Black Labor Activist'' (with ILWU militant Lee Brown, 2001)
* ''Honoring Sergeant Carter: A Family's Journey to Uncover the Truth About an American Hero'' (with Allene G. Carter, 2004)
* ''The
Port Chicago Mutiny
The Port Chicago disaster was a deadly munitions explosion of the ship SS ''E. A. Bryan'' that occurred on July 17, 1944, at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California, United States. Munitions detonated while being loaded ont ...
: The Story of the Largest Mass Mutiny Trial in U.S. Naval History''
[:: Port Chicago Survivors - History & Concept ::]
/ref> (Heyday Books
Heyday is an independent nonprofit publisher based in Berkeley, California.
Heyday was founded by Malcolm Margolin in 1974 when he wrote, typeset, designed, and distributed ''The East Bay Out'', a guide to the natural history of the hills and b ...
, 1989, republished 2006).
Awards
* Guggenheim Fellowship
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(1977)
* American Book Award (1995, with Herb Boyd) for ''Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America''
* The Joseph Small Legacy AwardThe Port Chicago 50
The Port Chicago disaster was a deadly munitions explosion of the ship SS ''E. A. Bryan'' that occurred on July 17, 1944, at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California, United States. Munitions detonated while being loaded ont ...
who provided the narrative for the first chapter of ''The Port Chicago Mutiny''.
* One of 12 honorees of the San Francisco Public Library's Long Walk to Freedom living-history exhibitionNews Releases - Long Walk to Freedom - SFPL.org
/ref> (2003)
See also
* Lián Amaris
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*Stephan Aarstol
Stephan Aarstol is an American internet entrepreneur and author of the book ''The Five Hour Workday''.
Life and early career
Aarstol grew up in Bellingham, Washington. In September 1999, Aarstol developed a web portal for the medical imaging co ...
References
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1942 births
African-American writers
American magazine editors
Living people
American Book Award winners
University of California, San Francisco alumni
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American people