Sterling Professor of History at Yale University | Pulitzer Prize & Lincoln Prize Winner
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David Blight
Sterling Professor of History at Yale University | Pulitzer Prize & Lincoln Prize Winner
At-a-Glance
Pulitzer Prize (2019) and Lincoln Prize (2019) winner for "Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom".
Bancroft Prize (2002) and Frederick Douglass Prize (2002) winner for "Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory".
Sterling Professor of History, African American Studies, and American Studies at Yale University.
Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University.
Author of "Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom" (2018) and "Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory" (2001).
Holds a Ph.D. in American history from the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1985).
Biography
David William Blight is the Sterling Professor of History, of African American Studies, and of American Studies at Yale University. He also serves as the Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition.
