Robert L. Allen

Robert Lee Allen (born May 29, 1942) is an American activist, writer, and Adjunct Professor of African-American Studies and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.[1] Allen received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, San Francisco, and previously taught at San José State University and Mills College. He was Senior Editor (with Editor-in-Chief and Publisher Robert Chrisman) of The Black Scholar: Journal of Black Studies and Research,[2] published quarterly or more frequently in Oakland, California, by the Black World Foundation since 1969.

Allen married Pam Allen in 1965.[3]

In the 1980s he co-founded with Alice Walker the publishing company called Wild Trees Press,[4] publishing the work of Third World writers.[5]

Works

• Black Awakening in Capitalist America: An Analytic History (1969)
• A Guide to Black Power in America: An Historical Analysis (1970)
• Reluctant Reformers: The Impact of Racism on Social Movement in the U.S. (1983)[6]
• Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America (co-edited with Herb Boyd,[7] reprinted 1996)
• Strong in the Struggle: My Life as a Black Labor Activist (with ILWU militant Lee Brown, 2001)
• Honoring Sergeant Carter: A Family's Journey to Uncover the Truth About an American Hero[8] (with Allene G. Carter, 2004)
• The Port Chicago Mutiny: The Story of the Largest Mass Mutiny Trial in U.S. Naval History[9][10] (Heyday Books, 1989, republished 2006).

Awards

• Guggenheim Fellowship (1977)[11]
• American Book Award (1995, with Herb Boyd[12]) for Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America[13]
• The Joseph Small Legacy Award[9] (1998) of the Black Hollywood Education and Research Center.[14] The award honors Port Chicago disaster survivor Joseph R. Small, Jr.,[15] a member of The Port Chicago 50[16] who provided the narrative for the first chapter of The Port Chicago Mutiny.
• One of 12 honorees of the San Francisco Public Library's Long Walk to Freedom living-history exhibition[17] (2003)

See also

• Lián Amaris
• Stephan Aarstol

References

1. Robert Allen
2. The Black Scholar
3. Evans, Sara (1980). Personal Politics: The Roots of Women's Liberation in the Civil Rights Movement & the New Left (Unabridged. ed.). New York: Vintage Books. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-307-77360-9.
4. Maya Jaggi, "Redemption songs" - Alice Walker profile, The Guardian, January 15, 2005.
5. Karla Simcikova, To Live Fully, Here and Now: The Healing Vision in the Works of Alice Walker, Lexington Books, 2007, p. 148.
6. CPUSA Online - The Nature of the "White-Black Relationship"
7. Interview with Herb Boyd *Writers Write - The IWJ*
8. Honoring Sergeant Carter
9. :: Port Chicago Survivors - History & Concept ::
10. Heyday Books: The Port Chicago Mutiny
11. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 1977 Fellows Page Archived 2006-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
12. I've Known Rivers | Author Biography Index
13. ABA: Book Industry Awards Archived January 17, 2010, at WebCite
14. :: The Black Hollywood Education & Resource Center ::
15. PRX » Pieces » The Port Chicago 50: An Oral History
16. http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/96/37.html
17. News Releases - Long Walk to Freedom - SFPL.org