Michael G. Long is a former Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Peace and Conflict Studies at
Elizabethtown College.
Career
Long is the author or editor of books on civil rights, religion, and politics, including ''
Jackie Robinson
Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line ...
: A Spiritual Biography''; ''Gay Is Good: The Life and Letters of Gay Rights Pioneer
Franklin Kameny
Franklin Edward Kameny (May 21, 1925 – October 11, 2011) was an American gay rights activist. He has been referred to as "one of the most significant figures" in the American gay rights movement.
In 1957, Kameny was dismissed from his po ...
''; ''Beyond Home Plate: Jackie Robinson on Life after Baseball''; ''
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968 ...
, Homosexuality, and the Early Gay Rights Movement''; and ''Marshalling Justice: The Early Civil Rights Letters of
Thurgood Marshall''.
Long has written for the ''
Los Angeles Times'', the ''
Chicago Tribune'', ''
USA Today'', the Afro, the ''
Huffington Post
''HuffPost'' (formerly ''The Huffington Post'' until 2017 and sometimes abbreviated ''HuffPo'') is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions. The site offers news, satire, blogs, and original content, and ...
'', the ''
Chicago Sun-Times'', ''
New York Daily News
The New York ''Daily News'', officially titled the ''Daily News'', is an American newspaper based in Jersey City, NJ. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson as the ''Illustrated Daily News''. It was the first U.S. daily printed in ta ...
'', and the ''
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', and his work has been featured or reviewed in or on NPR, ''
The New York Times'', the ''
Washington Post'', the ''
Los Angeles Times'', the ''
Boston Globe'', ''USA Today'', ''Salon'', ''
CNN'', ''Book Forum'', ''Ebony/Jet'', and other newspapers and journals.
Long lives in Lower Allen Township (PA). He received a Ph.D from
Emory University in 2000.
Selected works
*''Against Us, But for Us: Martin Luther King Jr., and the State'',
Mercer University Press 2002,
*''Martin Luther King Jr. on Create Living'', Chalice Press 2004,
*''Billy Graham and the Beloved Community: America's Evangelist and the Dream of Martin Luther King, Jr.'', Palgrave Macmillan 2006,
*''God and Country: Diverse Perspectives on Christianity and Patriotism'', Palgrave Macmillan 2007,
*''First Class Citizenship: The Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson'', Times Books 2007,
*''The Legacy of
Billy Graham: Critical Reflections on America's Great Evangelist'',
Westminster John Knox Press 2008,
*''I Must Resist:
Bayard Rustin's Life in Letters'' (editor), City Lights 2012,
*''Peaceful Neighbor: Discovering the Countercultural Mister Rogers'', Westminster John Knox Press 2015,
*''We the Resistance: Documenting a History of Nonviolent Protest in the United States,''
(City Lights, 2019)
* ''Troublemaker for Justice: The Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington'',
(City Lights, 2019)
* ''Race Man: Selected Works, 1960-2015'' (editor),
City Lights Publishers 2020
* ''Bayard Rustin: A Legacy of Protest and Politics'' (editor),
NYU Press 2023
* ''More than a Dream: the radical march on Washington for jobs and freedom'' (2023,
Farrar, Straus and Giroux), with
Yohuru Williams
Yohuru R. Williams is an American academic, author and activist. Williams is a Distinguished University Chair and Professor of History and Founding Director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas. He was previously the d ...
References
External links
*
In Conversation: Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long ''Publishers Weekly'', 2023
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Elizabethtown College faculty
Emory University alumni