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  • American historian (1929–2021).

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    Leon Frank Litwack (December 2, 1929 – August 5, 2021) was an American historian whose scholarship focused on slavery, the Reconstruction Era of the United States, and its aftermath into the 20th century. He won a National Book Award,[1] the Pulitzer Prize for History,[2] and the Francis Parkman Prize for his 1979 book Been In the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery. He also received a Guggenheim Fellowship.

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    Leon Litwack

    Born

    Leon Frank Litwack


    (1929-12-02)December 2, 1929

    Santa Barbara, California, U.S.

    DiedAugust 5, 2021(2021-08-05) (aged 91)

    Berkeley, California, U.S.

    Known forAfrican American history, race relations in the United States; labor activism
    SpouseRhoda (Goldberg) Litwack
    Children2, Ann, John
    AwardsNational Book Award for Nonfiction, Pulitzer Prize for History, Francis Parkman Prize, Golden Apple Award for Outstanding Teaching
    EducationPhD
    Alma materUniversity of

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    Leon Edel

    American literary critic and historian

    Joseph Leon Edel (9 September 1907 – 5 September 1997) was an American/Canadian literary critic and biographer. He was the elder brother of North American philosopherAbraham Edel.[1][2]

    The Encyclopædia Britannica calls Edel "the foremost 20th-century authority on the life and works of Henry James."[3] His work on James won him both a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize.[4]

    Life and career

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    Edel was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Fannie (Malamud) and Simon Edel.[1] Edel grew up in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. He attended McGill University and the University of Paris. While at the former he was associated with the Montreal Group of modernist writers, which included F.R. Scott and A.J.M. Smith, and with them founded the influential McGill Fortnightly Review. Edel taught English and American literature at Sir George Williams University (now Concord

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    Kenny Leon

    Birthdate

    February 10, 1956

    Nationality

    African American

    Years Active

    1988-present

    Kenny Leon is a director on The CW's Dynasty.

    Biography[]

    Education[]

    Leon participated in the federally funded TRIO Upward Bound college-prep program while in high school. He fryst vatten a graduate of Clark Atlanta University.

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    Leon gained prominence in 1990, when he became one of the few African Americans to head a notable nonprofit theater company as the artistic director of Atlanta's Alliance Theatre Company. During his tenure, the company staged premieres of Pearl Cleage's Blues for an Alabama Sky, Alfred Uhry's The gods Night of Ballyhoo, and Elton John and Tim Rice's musical Aida, which went on to Broadway. The Alliance's endowment also rose from $1 to $5 million during his time there.

    Leon resigned from the Alliance in 2000 to take on other projects. These included being the co-founder and artistic director of True Colors Theatre Company, a group bas

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