W. D. Wright
Dr. W. D. Wright (born 1936) is a professor emeritus of history at Southern Connecticut State University and the author of seven books on race and racism.[1]
He earned a Ph.D. from State University of New York at Buffalo where he was influenced by W. E. B. Du Bois, referring to himself as a Du Boisian historical sociologist. He later published his dissertation "The Socialist Analysis of W. E. B. Du Bois."[citation needed]
Early years
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Wright, born 1936, was raised during the depression in Michigan City, Indiana, as one of eight children. His father, Charles Noble Wright, worked as a riveter for the Pullman Train Company. His mother, Harriet Elizabeth Wright, was the first black female to graduate high school in Michigan City, Indiana. Wright's great-grandmother, Elizabeth Downey, was a slave until the age of 12 in Virginia, when she was emancipated under the Emancipation Proclamation in approximately 1863.
Wright, was one of the first black men to play varsity basketball in Michigan City, Indiana. He earned a basketball scholarship at the University of Michigan.
Wright was a childhood friend of Richard G. Hatcher, the first black mayor in Indiana. Hatcher often delivered speeches alongside Martin Luther King Jr., Robert F. Kennedy, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, and other historic proponents of the civil rights movement.
Published works
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- Crisis of the Black Intellectual (2007)
- Critical Reflections on Black History (2002)
- Black History and Black Identity (2002)
- Racism Matters (1998)
- Black Intellectuals, Black Cognition and a Black Aesthetic (1997)
- The Socialist Analysis of W. E. B. Du Bois (1985)
- Historians and Slavery: A critical analysis of 'Perspectives and Irony in American Slavery' and other recent works (1978)
- Journal articles
- "Black Financial and Economic Power: An Idea Whose Time Has Come." Black History Magazine (1996).
- "The Faces of Racism." Western Journal of Black Studies 11:4 (1987): 168–76.
- "On the Need for Other Kinds of Black Scholars." Hantu (Summer 1987).
- "Du Bois's Theory of Political Democracy." The Crisis 85:3 (March 1978): 85–89.
- "The Thought and Leadership of Kelly Miller." Phylon 39:2 (1978): 180–92.
- "Richard Hofstadter: Critic of History and Progenitor of Consensus." Connecticut Review 8:2 (April 1975): 25–36.
- "The Cultural Thought and Leadership of Alain Locke." Freedomways 14:1 (First Quarter 1974): 35–50.
- Pamphlet
- A. Philip Randolph and the Triumph of the Pullman Porters and Maids Chicago: Pullman Company Museum, 1995.
References
[edit]- ^ "Homepage, Dr. W. D. Wright website". Retrieved Apr 3, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Crisis of The Black Intellectual
- Nathaniel Turner Review
- Articles by Wright at Newsvine
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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