Waldo Martin


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Waldo E. Martin (born 19 April 1951) is an American historian.

Life

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He received his BA degree from Duke University and his PhD from University of California Berkeley.[1]

Career

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He is currently the Alexander F. and May T. Morrison Professor of American History and Citizenship at the University of California in Berkeley.[2]

Distinctions

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He is a member of the Organization of American Historians.[2]

Bibliography

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Some of his books include the following:[3]

  • Brown v. Board of Education: A Brief History with Documents
  • No Coward Soldiers: Black Cultural Politics in Postwar America
  • Mind of Frederick Douglass
  • Muller v. Oregon and Our Hearts Fell to the Ground and Era of Franklin D.: Roosevelt and Brown v. Board of Education
  • The World of Martin Luther King, 1929-1968
  • Civil Rights In The United States
  • Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party, co-authored with Joshua Bloom (2013)

References

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  1. ^ "Waldo E. Martin | Department of History, UC Berkeley". History.berkeley.edu. 2016-01-24. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  2. ^ a b "Organization of American Historians: Waldo E. Martin Jr". Oah.org. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  3. ^ "Waldo E. Martin Jr. (Author of Brown v. Board of Education)". Goodreads.com. 2017-04-06. Retrieved 2017-06-30.

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