Leon Litwack

American historian (Been in the Storm So Long)
Died on Friday August 13th 2021

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@egavactip: @KatrinaNation Just last week I read that Leon Litwack had passed away, and now Gary Nash. :( - 3 years ago

@UICProfWatch: Watching the memorial service for Professor Leon Litwack now - 3 years ago

@GregoryElich: "History teaches, after all, that it is not the rebels, the iconoclasts, the curious, the dissidents who endanger a… - 3 years ago

@GregoryElich: Leon Litwack, Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar of America's racial divide, dies at 91 - 3 years ago

@RuleHistorians: RT @smccurry3: Just the photo made me cry. Leon was for real and a very warm man with a great smile. RIP Leon.… - 3 years ago

@casketart_3: RT @risenc: This week I wrote about two of America’s greatest historians. First, Leon Litwack — now, Donald Kagan. - 3 years ago

@RosyShepherdess: @Ebonyteach Him and Leon Litwack in the same month. This has been a hard year. - 3 years ago

@DouglasFMorgan: RIP Leon Litwack "History teaches, after all, that it is not the rebels, the iconoclasts, the curious, the dissiden… - 3 years ago

@SaraGomezAranci: RT @UCBerkeley: RIP Prof. Leon Litwack, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian & legendary teacher who challenged students to revisit the past… - 3 years ago

@SaraGomezAranci: RT @BerkeleyOHC: Scholars everywhere are mourning the passing of #UCBerkeley’s Leon Litwack. He transformed the field of #History, and had… - 3 years ago

@Viola_Liuzzo: RT @NCRMuseum: A legacy lost too soon – #RestInPower, Leon Litwack. As a well-known Berkeley historian, challenged how educators presented… - 3 years ago

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@Sharronapearl: RT @garympomerantz: For decades, history belonged to Leon Litwack. Now, he belongs to history. He was a masterful teacher and a great frie… - 3 years ago

@aschrock: RT @garympomerantz: For decades, history belonged to Leon Litwack. Now, he belongs to history. He was a masterful teacher and a great frie… - 3 years ago

@HarlemGirl59: RT @efianwangazaa: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@CalBerkeleyphd: RT @risenc: This week I wrote about two of America’s greatest historians. First, Leon Litwack — now, Donald Kagan. - 3 years ago

@efianwangazaa: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@mollythemoggie: RT @AdamSerwer: RIP to Leon Litwack. Been in the Storm So Long and North Of Slavery are incredible books, and a reminder of how history is… - 3 years ago

@brian60031: RT @DonLankiewicz: "History teaches, after all, that it is not the rebels, the iconoclasts, the curious, the dissidents who endanger a demo… - 3 years ago

@1619brooklyn: Leon Litwack, Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar of America’s racial divide, dies at 91 - The Washington Post - 3 years ago

@ShON25486781: RT @NYTObits: Leon Litwack may be the only historian to both win the Pulitzer Prize and have his photo on a 1960s blues album. He died on A… - 3 years ago

@1zetababe: RT @NCRMuseum: A legacy lost too soon – #RestInPower, Leon Litwack. As a well-known Berkeley historian, challenged how educators presented… - 3 years ago

@DavidJNiedzwie1: RT @NCRMuseum: A legacy lost too soon – #RestInPower, Leon Litwack. As a well-known Berkeley historian, challenged how educators presented… - 3 years ago

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@PulitzerPrizes: RT @NCRMuseum: A legacy lost too soon – #RestInPower, Leon Litwack. As a well-known Berkeley historian, challenged how educators presented… - 3 years ago

@BeyondOmelas: Professor Litwack deserves recognition as one of the most important American historians. He deserves respect for fi… - 3 years ago

@NCRMuseum: A legacy lost too soon – #RestInPower, Leon Litwack. As a well-known Berkeley historian, challenged how educators p… - 3 years ago

@juristadofuturo: RT @BerkeleyOHC: Scholars everywhere are mourning the passing of #UCBerkeley’s Leon Litwack. He transformed the field of #History, and had… - 3 years ago

@male_melissa: This is such sad news. Professor Litwack was, by far, the best professor I ever had at ⁦@UCBerkeley⁩ and History 7B… - 3 years ago

@robertewold: RT @garympomerantz: For decades, history belonged to Leon Litwack. Now, he belongs to history. He was a masterful teacher and a great frie… - 3 years ago

@tennyfrost: RT @richlyons: Must-read Obit today on @UCBerkeley historian Leon Litwack. Changed how we portray Black history: - 3 years ago

@joke2power: RT @NYTObits: Leon Litwack may be the only historian to both win the Pulitzer Prize and have his photo on a 1960s blues album. He died on A… - 3 years ago

@NYTObits: Leon Litwack may be the only historian to both win the Pulitzer Prize and have his photo on a 1960s blues album. He… - 3 years ago

@olmanrvr: RT @NYTObits: Leon Litwack may be the only historian to both win the Pulitzer Prize and have his photo on a 1960s blues album. He died on A… - 3 years ago

@CalGridClubSac: RT @mikewil61225576: Leon Litwack, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, dies at 91 | Berkeley News - 3 years ago

@JonathanSimon59: One of the greatest lecturers ever. I can still recall bits of his powerful vivid lectures more than 40 years later - 3 years ago

@mikewil61225576: Leon Litwack, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, dies at 91 | Berkeley News - 3 years ago

@garympomerantz: For decades, history belonged to Leon Litwack. Now, he belongs to history. He was a masterful teacher and a great… - 3 years ago

@Rasheed_Shabazz: Leon Litwack, Professor Emeritus of American History at @UCBerkeley, dies at 91 Great reflection in @dailycal earl… - 3 years ago

@MikeSerpe: It’s no CRT, rather the truth. - 3 years ago

@JoshFryday: He taught, challenged, inspired and shaped us greatly. I kept and still have all the books he assigned to his fre… - 3 years ago

@BookWorld: UC-Berkeley professor Leon Litwack wrote deeply researched books about the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow. He died… - 3 years ago

@MochaMama42: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History Litwack cut a different… - 3 years ago

@DevereauxBoxton: RT @NinaBernstein1: ICYMI— great obit of Leon Litwack, with an uplifting kicker-quote. - 3 years ago

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@mrmikeylee: Leon Litwack, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian @Cal, dies at 91 - 3 years ago

@davidw_ng: Leon Litwack, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian @Cal, dies at 91 - 3 years ago

@luvbourbon: I was fortunate to study with Madeline Powers ⁦@uno_history⁩ who worked under Litwack during her Masters and PhD at… - 3 years ago

@5lawslib: Leon Litwack, Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar of America’s racial divide, dies at 91—Matt Schudel @washingtonpost… - 3 years ago

@pointintheheart: RT @esensten: “He understood how deeply racism and white supremacy cut through the country, and he did it before a lot of other historians… - 3 years ago

@RaineyTime: If you haven't read this lovely elegy, it's really worth reading now, with the passing of one of the great masters… - 3 years ago

@Jeff_Davis1808: @1WesRebel I know, it is tough to swallow! Most opponents of Southern monuments cite "racism" as a reason to remove… - 3 years ago

@joliclown: Leon Litwack, #PulitzerPrize-winning scholar of America’s #racial divide, dies at 91 in #Berkeley, where he had tau… - 3 years ago

@adamarenson: RT @RaineyTime: A historian who truly hit his stride in the 21st century, @garympomerantz, writes a lovely tribute to a great 20th Century… - 3 years ago

@sgfbeerbuzz: RT @LeonardPittsJr1: This man played a major role in shaping my understanding of black history. His “Been In The Storm So Long” and “”Trou… - 3 years ago

@NYTObits: Leon Litwack may be the only historian to both win the Pulitzer Prize and have his photo on a 1960s blues album. He… - 3 years ago

@thelongviewtom: ‘insisting that the historian’s job is to give voice to the marginalized and to make the well-off uncomfortable.’ - 3 years ago

@VankootenDavid: RT @LeonardPittsJr1: This man played a major role in shaping my understanding of black history. His “Been In The Storm So Long” and “”Trou… - 3 years ago

@TembasKidlines: RIP, Leon Litwack - 3 years ago

@raulrey0: RT @davidwblight1: Leon Litwack never complained about silences in the archives when told the sources didn't exist. He went and found them… - 3 years ago

@TopFeaturedcom: #LeonLitwack, #PulitzerPrize -Winning #Scholar Of #Race In #America... - 3 years ago

@wallachdan60: A well-done obit of a global thinker. - 3 years ago

@DeidreADowling: RT @DukeAAAS: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@mer1maid: RT @LeonardPittsJr1: This man played a major role in shaping my understanding of black history. His “Been In The Storm So Long” and “”Trou… - 3 years ago

@joyfulng: RT @LeonardPittsJr1: This man played a major role in shaping my understanding of black history. His “Been In The Storm So Long” and “”Trou… - 3 years ago

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@alanfleisig: #sullydish Write something in memory of Leon Litwack. Or stop writing about so-called "CRT." Signed, a long-time reader. - 3 years ago

@DarrenDCooke: RT @richlyons: Must-read Obit today on @UCBerkeley historian Leon Litwack. Changed how we portray Black history: - 3 years ago

@sweethomekate: RT @davidwblight1: Leon Litwack never complained about silences in the archives when told the sources didn't exist. He went and found them… - 3 years ago

@tmpbrock: Vale Prof Leon Litwack! When I was doing my German degree, he was a visiting scholar at @OleMiss. I had the good fo… - 3 years ago

@_christine_48: RT @NYTObits: The historian Leon Litwack “understood how deeply racism and white supremacy cut through the country, and he did it before a… - 3 years ago

@NYTObits: The historian Leon Litwack “understood how deeply racism and white supremacy cut through the country, and he did it… - 3 years ago

@Pauletta57: RT @LeonardPittsJr1: This man played a major role in shaping my understanding of black history. His “Been In The Storm So Long” and “”Trou… - 3 years ago

@SusanTrevarthen: RT @LeonardPittsJr1: This man played a major role in shaping my understanding of black history. His “Been In The Storm So Long” and “”Trou… - 3 years ago

@jstuart__: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@RoyKenagy: Leon Litwack, Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar of America’s racial divide, dies at 91—Matt Schudel @washingtonpost… - 3 years ago

@QuillAndPen: RT @davidwblight1: Leon Litwack never complained about silences in the archives when told the sources didn't exist. He went and found them… - 3 years ago

@WRMackinnon: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@esensten: “He understood how deeply racism and white supremacy cut through the country, and he did it before a lot of other h… - 3 years ago

@LoomerJan: RT @LeonardPittsJr1: This man played a major role in shaping my understanding of black history. His “Been In The Storm So Long” and “”Trou… - 3 years ago

@myHNN: RT @davidwblight1: Leon Litwack never complained about silences in the archives when told the sources didn't exist. He went and found them… - 3 years ago

@ArtsJournalNews: Leon Litwack, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Scholar Of Race In America, 91 - Historian Litwack "i… - 3 years ago

@celeste_perilla: He insisted that the historian’s job is to give voice to the marginalized and make the well off uncomfortable 🙌 - 3 years ago

@LT38: RT @nytimesbooks: The historian Leon Litwack “understood how deeply racism and white supremacy cut through the country, and he did it befor… - 3 years ago

@afamreview: RT @davidwblight1: A wonderful obit about the incomparable Leon Litwack by Clay Risen of the Times. His books and his radical passion inspi… - 3 years ago

@mr_jasonjones: RT @mexcoastoffense: Brilliant man. My History 7B professor. Leon Litwack, Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar of America’s racial divide, die… - 3 years ago

@Berkeley_Honda: Berkeley lost a great man. UC Berkeley News : Leon Litwack, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian, Dies At 91… - 3 years ago

@richlyons: Must-read Obit today on @UCBerkeley historian Leon Litwack. Changed how we portray Black history: - 3 years ago

@timlauer: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@milfords: RT @LeonardPittsJr1: This man played a major role in shaping my understanding of black history. His “Been In The Storm So Long” and “”Trou… - 3 years ago

@History_Notes: Leon Litwack, Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar of America’s racial divide, dies at 91 - 3 years ago

@kpbailis: RT @LeonardPittsJr1: This man played a major role in shaping my understanding of black history. His “Been In The Storm So Long” and “”Trou… - 3 years ago

@gcobbum: RT @LeonardPittsJr1: This man played a major role in shaping my understanding of black history. His “Been In The Storm So Long” and “”Trou… - 3 years ago

@ZacharyCosta14: RT @LeonardPittsJr1: This man played a major role in shaping my understanding of black history. His “Been In The Storm So Long” and “”Trou… - 3 years ago

@ZacharyCosta14: RT @DukeAAAS: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@PaprikaPink: RT @egavactip: I note the passing of a great historian, whose books such as (especially) Been in the Storm So Long: the Aftermath of Slaver… - 3 years ago

@KateSherrill: RT @egavactip: I note the passing of a great historian, whose books such as (especially) Been in the Storm So Long: the Aftermath of Slaver… - 3 years ago

@MaryHartmanx2: RT @egavactip: I note the passing of a great historian, whose books such as (especially) Been in the Storm So Long: the Aftermath of Slaver… - 3 years ago

@therealpreneur_: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@MarvClowder: RT @egavactip: I note the passing of a great historian, whose books such as (especially) Been in the Storm So Long: the Aftermath of Slaver… - 3 years ago

@21_7_b: RT @egavactip: I note the passing of a great historian, whose books such as (especially) Been in the Storm So Long: the Aftermath of Slaver… - 3 years ago

@OdoyleCharlotte: RT @egavactip: I note the passing of a great historian, whose books such as (especially) Been in the Storm So Long: the Aftermath of Slaver… - 3 years ago

@Icy80216287: RT @egavactip: I note the passing of a great historian, whose books such as (especially) Been in the Storm So Long: the Aftermath of Slaver… - 3 years ago

@jeannefisher17: RT @egavactip: I note the passing of a great historian, whose books such as (especially) Been in the Storm So Long: the Aftermath of Slaver… - 3 years ago

@egavactip: I note the passing of a great historian, whose books such as (especially) Been in the Storm So Long: the Aftermath… - 3 years ago

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@vajra: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@AntheRhodes: RT @anthonysiracusa: “Once, a student asked whether he had any hope for America’s future, and why. Professor Litwack paused, then exclaimed… - 3 years ago

@CarlaHesse1: RT @mikewil61225576: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@TommSciortino: Leon Litwack's history 7B was one of my favorite classes that I took at Berkeley. Sad to hear he's passed on. - 3 years ago

@adunlea: RT @nytimesbooks: The historian Leon Litwack “understood how deeply racism and white supremacy cut through the country, and he did it befor… - 3 years ago

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@bitsybetz: RT @nytimesbooks: The historian Leon Litwack “understood how deeply racism and white supremacy cut through the country, and he did it befor… - 3 years ago

@inkcanada: Leon Litwack, Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar of America’s racial divide, dies at 91 - 3 years ago

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@CalGnome: RT @BerkeleyOHC: Scholars everywhere are mourning the passing of #UCBerkeley’s Leon Litwack. He transformed the field of #History, and had… - 3 years ago

@ErikaHeRNDza: RT @nytimesbooks: The historian Leon Litwack “understood how deeply racism and white supremacy cut through the country, and he did it befor… - 3 years ago

@bubba_baba: RT @davidwblight1: Leon Litwack made a lifetime commitment to writing the history of African Americans from slavery to emancipation to the… - 3 years ago

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@kentsavage: RT @davidwblight1: A wonderful obit about the incomparable Leon Litwack by Clay Risen of the Times. His books and his radical passion inspi… - 3 years ago

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@josephsams: RT @Pubhistorian: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@Beethisone: RT @sfchronicle: “Leon’s class and his entire life experience was always about something bigger than himself. It was about restoring a voic… - 3 years ago

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@StevenSternberg: RT @sfchronicle: “Leon’s class and his entire life experience was always about something bigger than himself. It was about restoring a voic… - 3 years ago

@S_L_Alexander: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History by Clay Risen via @nytimes - 3 years ago

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@billineastala: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies "Trouble In Mind" was a great book - 3 years ago

@sfchronicle: “Leon’s class and his entire life experience was always about something bigger than himself. It was about restoring… - 3 years ago

@ewindham3: RT @davidwblight1: Leon Litwack never complained about silences in the archives when told the sources didn't exist. He went and found them… - 3 years ago

@angieptaylor: RT @DukeAAAS: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@ewindham3: RT @davidwblight1: Leon Litwack made a lifetime commitment to writing the history of African Americans from slavery to emancipation to the… - 3 years ago

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@regibonn: Leon Litwack, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of slavery and Reconstruction at UC Berkeley, dies at 91 #SmartNews - 3 years ago

@Britpoptarts: RT @davidwblight1: Leon Litwack made a lifetime commitment to writing the history of African Americans from slavery to emancipation to the… - 3 years ago

@risenc: RT @davidwblight1: Leon Litwack made a lifetime commitment to writing the history of African Americans from slavery to emancipation to the… - 3 years ago

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@merlinc2: RT @smccurry3: Just the photo made me cry. Leon was for real and a very warm man with a great smile. RIP Leon.… - 3 years ago

@Harrymeanwell4: RT @davidwblight1: Leon Litwack made a lifetime commitment to writing the history of African Americans from slavery to emancipation to the… - 3 years ago

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@DerekJohnBryant: RT @nytimesbooks: The historian Leon Litwack “understood how deeply racism and white supremacy cut through the country, and he did it befor… - 3 years ago

@UICProfWatch: RT @BerkeleyOHC: Scholars everywhere are mourning the passing of #UCBerkeley’s Leon Litwack. He transformed the field of #History, and had… - 3 years ago

@UICProfWatch: RT @JourSouHist: Very sad to hear this news about the passing of historian Leon Litwack, @TheSouthernSHA president in 2008. His presidentia… - 3 years ago

@UICProfWatch: RT @mama_neta: Leon Litwack once said: "I was fortunate. My teachers invited me to express my thoughts in every...way; they encouraged me t… - 3 years ago

@UICProfWatch: RT @dem8z: In memory of Leon Litwack, I re-post this short thread. - 3 years ago

@JerryGersh1: RT @AlisonMParker1: The great Leon Litwack via @NYTimes - 3 years ago

@UICProfWatch: RT @S_L_Alexander: Saddened to hear of Leon Litwack’s passing. Reflecting on all I have learned from this stack of books, & the many conver… - 3 years ago

@ajaxsinger: RT @EliStokols: Leon Litwack defined my educational experience at @Cal. He taught me not just the truth about our history but nothing less… - 3 years ago

@EliStokols: “There’s a stereotype that famous academics don’t teach the intro course. Leon thought the opposite. For Leon, teac… - 3 years ago

@Christo41737106: RT @DukeAAAS: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

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@fitzcamel: RT @AdamSerwer: RIP to Leon Litwack. Been in the Storm So Long and North Of Slavery are incredible books, and a reminder of how history is… - 3 years ago

@SawyerAndrew: RT @DukeAAAS: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@mkoshyca: RT @davidwblight1: Leon Litwack made a lifetime commitment to writing the history of African Americans from slavery to emancipation to the… - 3 years ago

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@Paul_E_Cohen: RT @smccurry3: Just the photo made me cry. Leon was for real and a very warm man with a great smile. RIP Leon.… - 3 years ago

@EliStokols: Leon Litwack defined my educational experience at @Cal. He taught me not just the truth about our history but nothi… - 3 years ago

@Silent_K_Sander: RT @AdamSerwer: RIP to Leon Litwack. Been in the Storm So Long and North Of Slavery are incredible books, and a reminder of how history is… - 3 years ago

@tdkdonnie: RT @AdamSerwer: RIP to Leon Litwack. Been in the Storm So Long and North Of Slavery are incredible books, and a reminder of how history is… - 3 years ago

@jclasukla: Leon Litwack, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, dies at 91 - 3 years ago

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@infinitythin: RT @JourSouHist: Leon Litwack, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, dies at 91 - 3 years ago

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@JohnNews2u: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@kenneth_salter: RT @UCBerkeley: RIP Prof. Leon Litwack, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian & legendary teacher who challenged students to revisit the past… - 3 years ago

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@davidwblight1: Leon Litwack made a lifetime commitment to writing the history of African Americans from slavery to emancipation to… - 3 years ago

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@VernaPolitics: RT @DukeAAAS: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@davidwblight1: A wonderful obit about the incomparable Leon Litwack by Clay Risen of the Times. His books and his radical passion… - 3 years ago

@johncecilprice: RT @DukeAAAS: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@Heraldofcreatio: RT @UCBerkeley: RIP Prof. Leon Litwack, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian & legendary teacher who challenged students to revisit the past… - 3 years ago

@Heraldofcreatio: RT @deadpeoplecom: It's a sad day, Leon Litwack dies - #LeonLitwack #Leon #Litwack #rip - 3 years ago

@anjijoy: RT @DukeAAAS: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@cantlosemysoul: RT @DukeAAAS: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@chrismaloney4: RT @lisaannkerr: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History. One of Berkeley’s most popular professors, he brought… - 3 years ago

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@HadenCyndi: RT @hildyjohns: Kudos @risenc on his obit of #LeonLitwack, a giant of Civil War and Reconstruction scholarship. Along with #KennethMStampp,… - 3 years ago

@GilmoreGlenda: RT @hildyjohns: Kudos @risenc on his obit of #LeonLitwack, a giant of Civil War and Reconstruction scholarship. Along with #KennethMStampp,… - 3 years ago

@CTPCTPCP: RT @NelsonLichtens1: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@arayabaker: "...when historians still treated enslaved and freed Black people as passive actors in their own narratives, he cut… - 3 years ago

@NelsonLichtens1: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@thals07: RT @JourSouHist: Leon Litwack, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, dies at 91 - 3 years ago

@risenc: RT @hildyjohns: Kudos @risenc on his obit of #LeonLitwack, a giant of Civil War and Reconstruction scholarship. Along with #KennethMStampp,… - 3 years ago

@Teamparent8205: RT @raqueldeoxum: He did good work. May he rest in peace. - 3 years ago

@WomensHoopsBlog: RT @raqueldeoxum: He did good work. May he rest in peace. - 3 years ago

@hildyjohns: Kudos @risenc on his obit of #LeonLitwack, a giant of Civil War and Reconstruction scholarship. Along with… - 3 years ago

@RichardHWood: RT @DukeAAAS: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@raqueldeoxum: He did good work. May he rest in peace. - 3 years ago

@LeftOfBlack: RT @DukeAAAS: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@bfrymer: RT @DukeAAAS: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@cdespinosa: RT @UCBerkeley: RIP Prof. Leon Litwack, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian & legendary teacher who challenged students to revisit the past… - 3 years ago

@dem8z: RT @DukeAAAS: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@dem8z: RT @JourSouHist: Leon Litwack, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, dies at 91 - 3 years ago

@njreeck: RT @DukeAAAS: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@kcm74: RT @DukeAAAS: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@RobertS64663550: RT @DukeAAAS: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@markjohnson0208: RT @HerecomesDrBob: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@shaboom: RT @DukeAAAS: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@NewBlackMan: RT @DukeAAAS: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@Mrkalman: RT @NewBlackMan: 'One of Berkeley’s most popular professors, he brought passion and nuance — and a love for blues music — to his award-winn… - 3 years ago

@MarrakechiaBB: RT @JourSouHist: Leon Litwack, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, dies at 91 - 3 years ago

@nils_gilman: RT @DukeAAAS: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@deadpeoplecom: It's a sad day, Leon Litwack dies - #LeonLitwack #Leon #Litwack #rip - 3 years ago

@JerseyJoeWallop: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@vinceoutlaw: RT @CultrHack: My Leon Litwack recommendations: “Been In The Storm Too Long” and “Trouble In Mind.” Extensively researched yet accessible,… - 3 years ago

@risenc: RT @JimGrossmanAHA: Thanks to Clay Risen for getting it just right. Leon Litwack brought "an ethos of patriotic dissent" to his teaching an… - 3 years ago

@DrDevissi: RT @NYTObits: The historian Leon Litwack “understood how deeply racism and white supremacy cut through the country, and he did it before a… - 3 years ago

@SallyMehreteab: RT @UCBerkeley: RIP Prof. Leon Litwack, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian & legendary teacher who challenged students to revisit the past… - 3 years ago

@HerecomesDrBob: Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History - 3 years ago

@Jarosie: RIP Prof Leon Litwack and thank you for your scholarship that revealed so much about Black history and the power of… - 3 years ago

@MarrakechiaBB: RT @NewBlackMan: 'One of Berkeley’s most popular professors, he brought passion and nuance — and a love for blues music — to his award-winn… - 3 years ago

@JackHomsany: RT @bleachbred: @bleachbred He Was a Most Distinguished Historian! RIP! Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History… - 3 years ago

@esstheman: He turned me from a math to a history major in his survey course at Berkeley, 1983. One of the most enthralling pu… - 3 years ago

@bleachbred: @bleachbred He Was a Most Distinguished Historian! RIP! Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black… - 3 years ago

@12mxxie1: RT @ErikLoomis: I head rumors of this a week ago and I'm sorry to hear it is true. Litwack was one of the great U.S. historians. - 3 years ago

@ajd_theory: 20 years on, I still have vivid memories of that big intro US history class. Tremendous teacher. RIP. - 3 years ago

@GeraldoJr73: RT @NewBlackMan: 'One of Berkeley’s most popular professors, he brought passion and nuance — and a love for blues music — to his award-winn… - 3 years ago

@laurespin: RT @JourSouHist: Leon Litwack, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, dies at 91 - 3 years ago

@paul_t_miller: RT @NewBlackMan: 'One of Berkeley’s most popular professors, he brought passion and nuance — and a love for blues music — to his award-winn… - 3 years ago

@armanwalker: Aced- his US history class. I knew how to take tests. Wonderful professor. - 3 years ago

@AnitaFelicelli: RIP, Leon Litwack. "several influences solidified my decision to teach &write American history: my social activism…… - 3 years ago

@DStone2RC: #LeonLitwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray #BlackHistory #USHistory - 3 years ago

@igallupd: RT @JourSouHist: Leon Litwack, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, dies at 91 - 3 years ago