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Leslie Brown (Historian) Leslie Brown (historian) Leslie Brown (1954-2016). Nancy Hewitt | Dec 1, 2016. Historian of African Americans, Women, and Gender; Documentary Studies Scholar; AHA Member. Leslie Brown, who died of leukemia-Âlymphoma on August 5, 2016, viewed as critical endeavors the work of gathering memories from her elders and wielding them to reimagine the past. She employed them to wonderful effect as a scholar, teacher, and colleague at the University of Missouriâ“St. Louis (UMSL), Washington University, and Williams College. Leslie Brown died of leukemia in Boston on August 5 surrounded by loving friends and her long term partner Annie Valk. Brown was a professor of History at Williams College. She was born in New York City and raised in Albany, New York. She was 61 years old. Leslie Brown. historian. 1954 New York City, New York, United States of America. She taught at Duke University, Skidmore College, Washington University in St. Louis and currently teaches at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Education. She graduated from Tufts University, and from Duke University with an A. M. and Ph.D. From 1990-1995, she co-coordinated "Behind the Veil: Documenting African American in the Jim Crow South". Leslie Brown (1954 â“ August 5, 2016) was an American historian. Life. Brown was born and grew up in Albany, New York. She graduated in 1977 from Tufts University, and from Duke University with an A. M. and Ph.D in 1997. From 1990 to 1995, she co-coordinated "Behind the Veil: Documenting African American Life in the Jim Crow South". All information for Leslie Brown (historian)'s wiki comes from the below links. Any source is valid, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Pictures, videos, biodata, and files relating to Leslie Brown (historian) are also acceptable encyclopedic sources. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie%20Brown (historian%29. The original version of this page is from Wikipedia, you can edit the page right here on Everipedia. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Bhawani Dayal Arya College Horn Island (Mississippi) List of places of worship in Woking (borough) The Shadow Elves CD Arenas de Frajanas Charles Church Roberts Start Here https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2F... https://www.jstor.org/stable/21126832759232.
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