Howard J. Ehrlich (1932–2015) was a sociologist, educator, and author.

Early life and career

Howard J. Ehrlich was born and raised in New York City. He later graduated from

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, public schools. He studied sociology at

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and received a bachelor's in 1953 and a master's in 1955. He completed his Ph.D. in Sociology and anthropology at

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in 1959. He joined the

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faculty for six years beginning in 1965. Ehrlich moved to Charles Village, Baltimore, in 1971. He hosted a radio program on WBJC for 20 years and started Research Group One, a publisher of pamphlets. In the 1980s, he began editing ''

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'' and opened the alternative Baltimore School. Ehrlich worked as research director of the

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's National Institute Against Prejudice and Violence from 1986 to 1993, when it closed. He continued the institute's work with his own Prejudice Institute through the end of his life. Ehrlich died in Baltimore on February 2, 2015, of

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and

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. Ehrlich published eight books including ''Hate Crime and Ethnoviolence'' (2009) and ''The Best of Social Anarchism'' (2013).

Personal life

Ehrlich was married twice. His second marriage was with Patricia Webbink. They raised her son together.

Early life and career

Personal life

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Further reading