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Peniel E. Joseph

Peniel E. Joseph
Peniel E. Joseph is the Barbara Jordan Chair in Ethics and Political Values, Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, and Associate Dean for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of award-winning books on African American history, including The Sword and the Shield and Stokely: A Life. He lives in Austin, Texas. 


How Black History Saved Me: Peniel E. Joseph on His Path to Scholar-Activism

Tracing an Education, from W.E.B. Du Bois to Sonia Sanchez
September 14, 2022  By Peniel E. Joseph
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The Death That Galvanized Malcolm X Against Police Brutality

Peniel Joseph on the Case of Ronald Stokes in 1960s LA
June 23, 2020  By Peniel E. Joseph
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