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American activist, writer, and academic (born 1942)
Robert Lee Allen (born May 29, 1942) is an American
activist ,
writer , and adjunct professor of
African-American Studies and
Ethnic Studies at the
University of California, Berkeley .
[1] Allen received his
Ph.D. in
Sociology from the
University of California, San Francisco , and previously taught at
San José State University and
Mills College . He was Senior
Editor (with Editor-in-Chief and Publisher
Robert Chrisman ) of
The Black Scholar : Journal of Black Studies and Research ,
[2] published quarterly or more frequently in
Oakland, California , by the Black World Foundation since 1969.
Allen married
Pam Allen in 1965.
[3]
In the 1980s he co-founded with
Alice Walker the publishing company called Wild Trees Press,
[4] publishing the work of Third World writers.
[5]
Works
Black Awakening in Capitalist America: An Analytic History (1969)
A Guide to Black Power in America: An Historical Analysis (1970)
Reluctant Reformers: The Impact of Racism on Social Movement in the U.S. (1983)
[6]
Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America (co-edited with
Herb Boyd ,
[7] reprinted 1996)
Strong in the Struggle: My Life as a Black Labor Activist (with ILWU militant Lee Brown, 2001)
Honoring Sergeant Carter: A Family's Journey to Uncover the Truth About an American Hero
[8] (with Allene G. Carter, 2004)
The
Port Chicago Mutiny : The Story of the Largest Mass Mutiny Trial in U.S. Naval History
[9]
[10] (
Heyday Books , 1989, republished 2006).
Awards
See also
References
^
Robert Allen
^
The Black Scholar
^ Evans, Sara (1980).
Personal Politics: The Roots of Women's Liberation in the Civil Rights Movement & the New Left (Unabridged. ed.). New York: Vintage Books. p. 206.
ISBN
978-0-307-77360-9 .
^
Maya Jaggi ,
"Redemption songs" - Alice Walker profile , The Guardian , January 15, 2005.
^ Karla Simcikova,
To Live Fully, Here and Now: The Healing Vision in the Works of Alice Walker , Lexington Books, 2007, p. 148.
^
CPUSA Online - The Nature of the "White-Black Relationship"
^
Interview with Herb Boyd *Writers Write - The IWJ*
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Honoring Sergeant Carter
^
a
b
:: Port Chicago Survivors - History & Concept ::
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Heyday Books: The Port Chicago Mutiny
^
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 1977 Fellows Page
Archived 2006-02-19 at the
Wayback Machine
^
I've Known Rivers | Author Biography Index
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ABA: Book Industry Awards
Archived July 26, 2008, at the
Wayback Machine
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:: The Black Hollywood Education & Resource Center ::
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PRX » Pieces » The Port Chicago 50: An Oral History
^
"The Job That Takes over Your Life" . 27 September 1996.
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News Releases - Long Walk to Freedom - SFPL.org
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