Litwack, Leon
LITWACK, Leon
LITWACK, Leon. American, b. 1929. Genres: History, Race relations. Career: Alexander F. and May T. Morrison Professor, 1987-, and Professor of History, 1971-, University of California, Berkeley (Faculty member, 1965-). Assistant to Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1958-65. Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Negro History, 1974-79; President, 1986-87, Organization of American Historians; Executive Committee, American Council of Learned Societies, 1993-96; Executive Board, Southern Historical Association, 2001-04. Pulitzer Prize in History, 1980; American Book Award, History, 1981; Francis Parkman Prize, Society of American Historians, 1980. Publications: North of Slavery: The Negro in the Free States 1790-1860, 1961; (with others) The United States, 4th ed., 1976; Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery, 1979; (with A. Meier) Black Leaders of the Nineteenth Century, 1988; Trouble in Mind, 1998. EDITOR: The American Labor Movement, 1962; (with K. Stampp) Reconstruction: An Anthology of Revisionist Writings, 1969; (gen.) The Harvard Guide to African-American History, 2001. Address: Dept. of History, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, U.S.A.