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419: 44: 274:, where he was promoted to associate professor with tenure. He later moved to the Department of History at New York University (NYU), where he was promoted to the rank of professor and taught courses on U.S. history, African-American history, and popular culture. At the age of 32, he was the youngest full professor at NYU. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the 285:
Kelley has spent most of his career exploring American and African-American history, with a particular emphasis on radical social movements and the political dynamics at work within African-American culture, including
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Kelley has written several books focusing on African-American history and culture as well as race relations, including
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Surrealism - Black, Brown and Beige: Writings and Images from Africa and the African Diaspora
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The Other Special Relationship: Race, Rights and Riots in Britain and the United States
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After earning his doctorate, he began his career as an assistant professor at
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From 2006 to 2011, he was Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at the
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approach. He has described himself in the past as a "Marxist surrealist
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Imagining Home: Class, Culture, and Nationalism in the African Diaspora
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who is not just anti something but pro-emancipation, pro-liberation."
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Yo' Mama's DisFunktional!: Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America
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Yo' Mama's DisFunktional!: Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America
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Walter Rodney, The Russian Revolution: A View From the Third World
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Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times
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Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times
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and the Ambassador Award for Book of Special Distinction from the
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Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression
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Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original
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Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health
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Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original
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Race Rebels: Culture, Politics, and the Black Working Class
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Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original
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Race Rebels: Culture, Politics, and the Black Working Class
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Race Rebels: Culture, Politics, and the Black Working Class
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Three Strikes: The Fighting Spirit of Labor's Last Century
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To Make Our World Anew: A History of African Americans
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in 2014. He is also the author of a 2009 biography of
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Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professor of American History
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Kelley, Robin D. G.; Vijay Iyer (December 2, 2019).
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(January 12, 2017). 994:21st-century African-American academics 984:20th-century African-American academics 540: 240:California State University, Long Beach 91:California State University, Long Beach 910:"An Interview with Robin D.G. Kelley" 742:Kelley, Robin D. G. (March 1, 2016). 699: 697: 264:Southeastern Massachusetts University 152:University of California, Los Angeles 100:University of California, Los Angeles 7: 599:"Renowned Scholar Joins USC College" 312:Kelley has also used the concept of 242:, in 1983. By 1987 he had earned a 939:A New Look At An American Original 597:Holguin, Kirsten (March 1, 2006), 446:Co-edited with Sidney J. Lemelle, 207:Kelley has described himself as a 25: 1029:American male non-fiction writers 896:"Race – The Power of an Illusion" 633:Rothmere American Institute (RAI) 159:University of Southern California 1009:21st-century American historians 548:Boston Review (March 14, 2021). 496:(New York: The Free Press, 2009) 443:(New York: The Free Press, 1994) 394:. His works in progress include 999:21st-century American academics 989:20th-century American academics 527:Co-edited with Jesse Benjamin, 1094:University of Michigan faculty 886:"Profile of Robin D.G. Kelley" 1: 744:"Black Study, Black Struggle" 706:, APB Speakers international. 666:Ray, Elaine (July 29, 1998). 588:, UCLA Department of History. 276:Rothermere American Institute 914:In the Middle of a Whirlwind 479:(Boston: Beacon Press, 2002) 473:(Boston: Beacon Press, 2001) 462:(Boston: Beacon Press, 1997) 450:(London: Verso Books, 1995). 361:Jazz Journalists Association 1079:New York University faculty 1054:Columbia University faculty 1034:American Marxist historians 1019:American Book Award winners 1004:African-American historians 1120: 1069:Historians from California 524:(New York: Palgrave, 2015) 48:Kelley in a 2014 interview 1039:American music historians 1014:African-American Marxists 718:"Ally: From Noun to Verb" 226:Early years and education 148:Robin Davis Gibran Kelley 57:Robin Davis Gibran Kelley 41: 1059:Emory University faculty 901:Dr. Robin D. G. Kelley, 320:Writing and publications 531:(New York: Verso, 2018) 367:. 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Robin D. G. Kelley
Kelley in a 2014 interview
New York City
California State University, Long Beach
BA
University of California, Los Angeles
MA
PhD
UCLA
Race Rebels: Culture, Politics, and the Black Working Class
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Columbia University
Africana Studies
New York University
Brooklyn College
Dartmouth College
Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professor of American History
Oxford University
Guggenheim Fellowship
Thelonious Monk
Marxist
surrealist
feminist
New York City
bachelor's degree
California State University, Long Beach
master's
doctorate
UCLA

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