Full name Steven Fred Lawson Name Steven Lawson | Region United States Era 20th century | |
Born June 14, 1945 (age 78)
New York City, New York
United States ( 1945-06-14 ) Institutions Rutgers University
Professor Emeritus of History
Past career
University of Cambridge
Duke University
Visiting Adjunct Professor (Fall of 1995)
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Professor and Head (1992-1998)
University of South Florida
Professor (1986)
Asst. Professor (1978, 1974)
Instructor (1972)
City College of New York
Adjunct Lecturer (1970)
Kingsborough Community College Thesis Give Us the Ballot : The Expansion of Black Voting Rights in the South, 1944-1969 (1974) Major works Black Ballots (1976)
In Pursuit of Power (1985)
Running for Freedom (1991)
Debating the Civil Rights Movement (1998) Alma mater City College of New York, Columbia University Institution Rutgers University, University of Cambridge Main interests African-American Civil Rights Movement, Politics Books Exploring American Histories, In Pursuit of Power: Southern, Debating Civil Rights & Debatin, Exploring American Histories, Exploring American Histories Similar People Nancy A Hewitt, Darlene Clark Hine, Edward Countryman, Frederick Hoxie, Kenneth S Greenberg | ||
Doctoral advisor William Leuchtenburg |
Steven Fred Lawson (born June 14, 1945) is a noted historian of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Born in the Bronx, New York, he is the son of Ceil Parker Lawson, a housewife, and Murray Lawson, a retail hardware clerk. He had a sister, Lona Lawson Mirchin, who died in 2004. After teaching at various colleges and universities for forty years, he is now retired, works as an independent scholar, and shares a home in New Jersey with his wife Nancy A. Hewitt and their miniature poodle, Scooter (named after 1950s New York Yankees star and broadcaster Phil Rizzuto).
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