David Levering Lewis is an American historian and winner in 1994 and 2001 of the Pulitzer Prize for part one and part two of his biography of W.E.B. Du Bois. Lewis is the Martin Luther King, Jr., Professor of History at Rutgers University. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ... William Edward Burghardt DuBois (February 23, 1868 - August 27, 1963) was an African-American civil rights leader and scholar. ...
Books by David Levering Lewis (Partial List)
W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919 (Owl Books 1994). Winner of the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Biography[1]
W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century 1919-1963 (Owl Books 2001). Covers the second half of the life of W.E.B. Dubois, charting 44 years of the culture and politics of race in the United States. Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Biography [2]
The Race for Fashoda. New York: Weidenfield and Nicholson, 1987. ISBN 1555840582
Pawns of Pawns in The Race to Fashoda. New York: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987. ISBN 1-55584-058-2
Khalifa, Khedive, and Kitchener in The Race for Fashoda. New York: Weidenfield and Nicholson, 1987. ISBN 1555840582
When Harlem Was in Vogue (Penguin, 1997) ISBN ISBN 0140263349
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
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2001 Pulitzer Prize winner talks with Gwen Ifill about the second volume in his biography of W.E.B. DuBois
Lewis was born in the town of Svisloch in Russia to a Jewish family active in the Bund.
Lewis was elected as a Member of Parliament from 1962 to 1963 and 1965 to 1974 establishing himself as one of the leading debaters in the House of Commons.
Broadcaster Avi Lewis is DavidLewis' grandson (and the son of Stephen).