Kelley, a professor of history and Africana studies at New York University, has spent a major portion of his life examining the lives of people who tried to change the world. WORK IN PROGRESS: Writing a biography of jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk.

(With Earl Lewis) To Make Our World Anew: A History of African Americans, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 2000.Ĭontributor of articles to periodicals, including New York Times and Chronicle of Higher Education. (With Earl Lewis) The Young Oxford History of African Americans, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1995. Lemelle) Imagining Home: Class, Culture, and Nationalism in the African Diaspora, Verso (New York, NY), 1994. (With Howard Zinn and Dana Frank) Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls, and the Fighting Spirit of Labor's Last Century, Beacon Press (Boston MA), 2001.įreedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination, Beacon Press (Boston, MA), 2002. Yo' Mama's Disfunktional!: Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America, Beacon Press (Boston, MA), 1997. (With Vincent Harding and Earl Lewis) We Changed the World: African Americans, 1945-1970, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1997. Into the Fire- African Americans since 1970, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1996. Race Rebels: Culture, Politics, and the Black Working Class, Free Press (New York, NY), 1994. Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists during the Great Depression, University of North Carolina Press (Chapel Hill, NC), 1990. Hobbies and other interests: 'Playing piano.'ĪDDRESSES: Agent-Mary Evans Inc., 242 East Fifth St., New York, NY 10003.ĬAREER: Southeastern Massachusetts University, professor of history Emory University, Philadelphia, PA, professor of history University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, professor of history New York University, New York, NY, professor of history and Africana studies, 1994- Brooklyn College, scholar-in-residence, 2001-02.ĪWARDS, HONORS: Southern Historical Association's Francis Butler Simkins Prize, and Organization of American Historians Elliot Rudwick Prize, both 1991, both for Hammer and Hoe National Conference of Black Political Scientists, Outstanding Book Award for Race Rebels, 1995 Village Voice best book designation, 1997, for Yo' Mama's Dysfunktional!: Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America New York Public Library's Outstanding Book for the Teen Age, 1997, for Into the Fire History Book Club and Choice Outstanding Academic title, 2000, for To Make Our World Anew. Ethnicity: 'African American.' Education: California State University at Long Beach, B.A., 1983 University of California, Los Angeles, M.A. PERSONAL: Born Madaughter of Ananda Sattwa married Diedra Harris-Kelley (an artist) children: Elleza.

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