Harvard Sitkoff

Harvard Sitkoff (January 4, 1940 – January 9, 2025[1]) was an American historian.

Life

He lived in Durham, New Hampshire.[2]

Career

He was a professor emeritus of history at the University of New Hampshire.[2][3] He contributed to the 1974 Encyclopedia of American Biography, most notably with an entry on Muhammad Ali,[4] and also wrote on the politics of Martin Luther King Jr.[5] Describing that period, Sitkoff called the summer of 1967 the "most intense and destructive wave of racial violence the nation had ever witnessed".[6]

Partial Bibliography

  • The Struggle for Black Equality: 1954-1992
  • King: Pilgrimage to the Mountaintop
  • A New Deal for Blacks: The Emergence of Civil Rights as a National Issue: The Depression Decade
  • The Struggle for Black Equality
  • Perspectives on Modern America: Making Sense of the Twentieth Century
  • Fifty Years Later: New Deal Evaluated
  • Toward Freedom Land: The Long Struggle for Racial Equality in America

References

  1. ^ "Harvard Sitkoff Obituary". Legacy. Retrieved April 11, 2025. Harvard Sitkoff Obituary
  2. ^ a b "Harvard Sitkoff". OverDrive. Retrieved January 30, 2017. Harvard Sitkoff, professor emeritus of history at the University of New Hampshire [...] He lives in Durham, New Hampshire.
  3. ^ "Noted Civil Rights Scholar Authors Acclaimed Biography of MLK". www.newswise.com. January 10, 2008.
  4. ^ Cohen, David (June 4, 2016). "Muhammad Ali dies at 74". Politico.
  5. ^ Jilani, Zaid (January 18, 2016). "Martin Luther King Jr. Celebrations Overlook His Critiques of Capitalism and Militarism". The Intercept.
  6. ^ Winkler, Adam (September 2011). "The Secret History of Guns". The Atlantic.
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