Waldo Martin

Waldo Martin
In a discussion at the San Francisco Public Library in 2017
Born (1951-04-19) April 19, 1951
Education
OccupationHistorian

Waldo E. Martin (born April 19, 1951) is an American historian.

Life

He received his BA degree from Duke University and his PhD from University of California, Berkeley.[1]

Career

He is currently the Alexander F. and May T. Morrison Professor of American History and Citizenship at the University of California, Berkeley.[2]

Distinctions

He is a member of the Organization of American Historians.[2]

Bibliography

Some of his books include the following:[3]

  • Brown v. Board of Education: A Brief History with Documents
  • No Coward Soldiers: Black Cultural Politics in Postwar America
  • Mind of Frederick Douglass
  • Muller v. Oregon and Our Hearts Fell to the Ground and Era of Franklin D.: Roosevelt and Brown v. Board of Education
  • Freedom on My Mind: A History of African Americans, With Documents[4] co-authored with Deborah Gray White and Mia Bay, now in its 3rd Edition
  • The World of Martin Luther King, 1929–1968
  • Civil Rights In The United States
  • Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party, co-authored with Joshua Bloom (2013)

References

  1. ^ "Waldo E. Martin | Department of History, UC Berkeley". History.berkeley.edu. January 24, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Organization of American Historians: Waldo E. Martin Jr". Oah.org. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
  3. ^ "Waldo E. Martin Jr. (Author of Brown v. Board of Education)". Goodreads.com. April 6, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
  4. ^ "Waldo E. Martin". Textbooks For Life.