American researcher, writer and academic (born 1952)
Donald Yacovone (born February 25, 1952) is an American researcher, writer and academic who primarily specializes in African American History.[1] In 2013, he co-authored with
Henry Louis Gates Jr the book based on the
PBS television series The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross.
In 2022, Yacovone's book, Teaching White Supremacy: America’s Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of our National Identity, was shortlisted for the
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History.[11]
Bibliography
Freedom's Journey: African American Voices of the Civil War (The Library of Black America series) – February 2004[1]
Samuel Joseph May and the Dilemmas of the Liberal Persuasion, 1797-1871[12]
As Editor
Wendell Phillips, Social Justice, and the Power of the Past - November, 2016[13]