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Peniel Joseph
Historian and professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and founding director of the school’s Center for the Study of Race and DemocracyHistorian and professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and founding director of the school’s Center for the Study of Race and Democracy
Peniel Joseph is Professor of History at University of Texas at Austin and Founding Director of its Center for the Study of Race and Democracy. He is a former professor of history at Tufts University and founding director of its Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, and a former associate professor of African and Afro-American studies at Brandeis University. Joseph is the author of Waiting 'til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America, Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama and Stokely: A Life.