Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

male, 59 years old
George Polk Award recipient, Harvard University, American, piedmont, African-American studiesscholar, West Virginia writer…African American Studies, African Studies, african, African American
Gates is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at...
Kwame Anthony Appiah

Kwame Anthony Appiah

male, 55 years old
Herskovitz Prize, African-American studiesscholar, Clare College, Cambridge, Kumasi, Bryanston School, Ph.D.…PEN American Center, african
Kwame Anthony Appiah was born in London (where his Ghanaian father was a law student) but moved as an infant to Ghana, where he grew up. He was...
Manning Marable

Manning Marable

male, 59 years old (New York, New York, United States)
professor, history, American, Student for a Democratic Society, Academic, From Dayton, Ohio…African-American, African-American studies, African-American studiesscholar, African American, Professor of Ethnic Studies
Manning Marable (b. 13 May 1950 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American political scholar. He holds the position of Professor of Public Affairs, Political...
W. E. B. du Bois

W. E. B. du Bois

male, deceased (1963)
from Berkshire County, Massachusetts, separatism, writer, historian, Sociologist, African Americans' rights activist…African-American history, American, Scholar, African-American studiesscholar, African American
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (pronounced) (February 23, 1868 - August 27, 1963) was an American civil rights activist, leader, Pan-Africanist,...
Bell Hooks

Bell Hooks

female, 57 years old
Feminist, African-American, intellectual, gender, activist, Scholar…African-American studiesscholar, American, African American
Gloria Jean Watkins (born on September 25, 1952), better known as bell hooks is an African-American intellectual, feminist, and social activist....
Molefi Kete Asante

Molefi Kete Asante

male, 67 years old (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States)
Temple University faculty, professor, M.K. Asante Jr., Afrocentricity, African American Studies, African-American studiesscholar…American, African American, Ph.D. Program in African American Studies
Molefi Kete Asante is a professor of African American studies at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In addition to being a teacher...
Angela Davis

Angela Davis

female, 65 years old
COINTELPRO target, Grassroots, student nonviolent coordinating committee, communist party usa, socialist, professor…American women writer, African-American studiesscholar, LGBT African American, African American, American
Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American socialist organizer, professor who was associated with the Black...
John Hope Franklin

John Hope Franklin

male, 94 years old
Duke University faculty, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, American, Fisk University alumni, Duke Law School Faculty, American Historical Association…African-American studiesscholar, African American
John Hope Franklin (born January 2, 1915) is a United States historian and past president of the American Historical Association. Professor...
Gerald Early

Gerald Early

male, 57 years old
Washington University, Critic, prose, Washington University faculty, Washington University in St. Louis, English…African American culture, African-American studiesscholar, American culture, African American Studies, African Studies
Gerald Early (b. 1952) is an essayist and American culture critic. A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he is currently a professor of English,...
Patricia Hill Collins

Patricia Hill Collins

female, 61 years old
African American, African-American studiesscholar, University of Maryland, College Park faculty, University of Maryland, College Park, American, university of cincinnati…African American Studies
‘Patricia Hill Collins is Distinguished University Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park and former head of the De...