Lewis, Earl

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LEWIS, Earl

LEWIS, Earl. Canadian. Genres: Race relations, History. Career: University of California-Berkeley, professor of Afro-American Studies, 1984-89; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1989-, professor of history and African-American Studies, director of the Center for African and African-American Studies, 1990-93, became vice provost for Academic Affairs-Graduate Studies and dean of the Rackham School of Graduate Studies, 1997-. Has served on editorial boards and on the boards of professional associations. Consultant and lecturer. Publications: In Their Own Interests: Race, Class, and Power in Twentieth-Century Norfolk, 1991; (with H. Ardizzone) Love on Trial: An American Scandal in Black and White, 2001. EDITOR: (with Robin D.G. Kelley) The Young Oxford History of African Americans, 11 vols, 1995-1997; (with J.W. Trotter) African Americans in the Industrial Age: A Documentary History, 1915-1945, 1996; (with Robin D.G. Kelley) To Make Our World Anew: A History of African Americans, 2000. Address: Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan, 915 East Washington St., Room 1004, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, U.S.A.

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