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Leon F. Litwack

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American b. 1929, Santa Barbara, California[1,6] d. 5 August 2021[2,3,4,5] active 1964–2007

Leon F. Litwack was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian who specialized in the history of slavery, the Reconstruction Era, and the legacy of white supremacy in the United States. He served as a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1964 until his retirement in 2007. His scholarship is noted for illuminating 'dark corners' of American history, specifically focusing on the bitter legacies of racial division and segregation. He won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his work 'Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery' (1979).[1,2,3,4,5,7,8]

  • slavery
  • Reconstruction
  • white supremacy
  • racial division

Books

  1. Hilton Als, Leon F. Litwack Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America 1805
    Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America
    Hilton Als, Leon F. Litwack
    €43.00

Works by Leon F. Litwack

  • 2000 Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America Twin Palms Publishers · book · English · ISBN 944092691 Additional text by Leon F. Litwack.
  • 1979 Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery book Won Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award.
  • 1961 North of Slavery: The Free Negro in the Antebellum North book

Awards

  • 1979 Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Board
  • 1979 National Book Award

References

  1. Leon F. Litwack | Department of History link
  2. Leon Litwack - Wikipedia link
  3. Leon Litwack link
  4. A Tribute to Leon Litwack. 2021 link
  5. Leon Litwack link
  6. Leon F. Litwack collection of Berkeley, California, protest literature link
  7. Leon Litwack, Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar of America's racial divide .... 2021 link
  8. Biography of Leon Litwack link