David Howard-Pitney

David Howard-Pitney is an American historian, notable for his works on the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.[1]

Life

He was born and raised in Oregon, United States. He went to Oregon State University, attended History Graduate school in Minnesota, and has lived in California since 1986.

He is an American historian who has taught at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, San Jose State University, and at De Anza College. He is now retired[2] and living in Cupertino, CA. He has authored several historical books and articles, including "The African-American Jeremiad" and "Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and the Civil Rights Struggle of the 1950s and 1960s."

Career

He has taught American history and American studies at San Jose State University and the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. He is now professor and history department chair of De Anza College.[3]

Bibliography

His books include:[3]

  • Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and the Civil Rights Struggle of the 1950s and 1960s: A Brief History with Documents (2004, Bedford/St Martin's: ISBN 978-0312395056)
  • The African-American Jeremiad: Appeals for Justice in America[4][5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Today is Malcolm X Day. Why don't we celebrate him like King?". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
  2. ^ "Witnessing History". Witnessing History. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
  3. ^ a b "David Howard-Pitney (Author of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and the Civil Rights Struggle of the 1950s and 1960s)". Goodreads.com. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  4. ^ Angell, Stephen W. (September 1995). "The Afro-American Jeremiad: Appeals for Justice in America. By David Howardpitney. Philadelphia, Pa.: Temple University Press, 1990. viii + 237 pp.$16.95". Church History. 64 (3): 527–528. doi:10.2307/3169006. ISSN 1755-2613. JSTOR 3169006.
  5. ^ Calloway-Thomas, Carolyn (June 1992). "Book reviews". Howard Journal of Communications. 4 (1–2): 176–179. doi:10.1080/10646179209359773. ISSN 1064-6175.
  6. ^ Sharpley-Whiting, Tracy Denean (March 28, 2006). "Review of David Howard Pitney's The African American Jeremiad: Appeals for Justice in America". AmeriQuests. 2 (1). doi:10.15695/amqst.v2i1.48. ISSN 1553-4316.
  7. ^ Johnson, Sylvester (April 2007), Review of Howard-Pitney, David, The African American Jeremiad: Appeals for Justice in America, H-Amstdy, H-Review, retrieved December 30, 2025


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