Dr. Amilcar Shabazz

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University of Massachusetts Amherst
College of Humanities and Fine Arts
Afro-American Studies
ChairAppointed: 2007
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Mailing Address

325 New Africa House
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003-6210, Massachusetts 01003-6210
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (413) 545-2751
Fax: (413) 545-0628
shabazz@afroam.umass.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Houston, History, 1996.

Expertise and Research Interests

African American Studies, History of Education and Educational Policy Studies, Social Movements.

Other Expertise

Reparations

Future Research

Revising and Expanding the anthology THE FORTY ACRES DOCUMENTS
Studying Afro-Brazilian higher education opportunity
Studying African Socialism
Historical Biography of Carter Wesley

Keywords

COS Keywords:

African Studies, African-American Studies, American History, American Studies, Native Americans, Social Movements, Women's Studies.

Additional Terms:

African Studies, Latin American Studies, Native American Studies, Women's Studies.

Memberships

American Studies Association
Organization of American Historians
Society for the Study of Social Problems

Honors and Awards

2005-2010, Fulbright Senior Specialist, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State
2004-2005, T. R. Fehrenbach Book Award, Texas Historical Commission

Previous Positions

2006-2007, Visiting Professor, University of Oklahoma, College of Arts and Sciences, African and African-American Studies
2005-2007, Associate Professor of History, Oklahoma State University, Director of American Studies Program
1997-2005, Associate Professor, University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, American Studies

Publications

  • Amilcar Shabazz (2004) "Carter Wesley & the Making of Houston's Civic Culture before the Second Reconstruction", The Houston Review, 1 (2), 8-13, 49-50
  • Amilcar Shabazz (2004) Advancing Democracy: African Americans and the Struggle for Access and Equity in Higher Education in Texas, Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina Press, 320 pages, ISBN=0-8078-5505-7
  • (2001) "Carter Wesley: Sounding the Ram's Horn for Human Rights" In Ty Cashion, Frank de la Teja (eds), The Human Tradition in Texas, Wilmington, Scholarly Resources, 161-75 pages (bookchapter)
  • Amilcar Shabazz (1998) "One for the Crows, One for the Crackers: The Strange Career of Public Higher Education in Houston, Texas", The Houston Review, 18 (2)
  • Amilcar Shabazz (1997) "Art Truths: Houston's Artistic Traditions and the Problem of Respectability", ArtLies: Texas Art Journal, 20-22
  • Amilcar Shabazz (1994) The Forty Acres Documents: What did the United States Really Promise the People Freed from Slavery?, Baton Rouge, LA, The Malcolm Generation, Inc., 122 pages, ISBN=0-910758-23-9
  • Amilcar Shabazz, Ernest Obadele Starks (1993) "Blacks and the Vietnam War" In James Olson (eds), The Vietnam War: Handbook of the Literature and Research, Westport, Greenwood Press, 319-334 pages (bookchapter)
  • Amilcar Shabazz, The Desegregation of Higher Education in Texas: A Statistical Summary and Research Report, Houston, TX, Institute for African American Policy Research, University of Houston, 1992
  • Amilcar Shabazz (1991) "The African American Educational Legacy in Beaumont, Texas: A Preliminary Analysis", Texas Gulf Historical and Biographical Record, 27, 56-76

Profile Details

Last Updated: 11/6/2008

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