# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-b-allen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:53:07.031Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-b-allen"
name: "William B. Allen"
slug: "william-b-allen"
description: "William Barclay Allen is an American author, professor, and political scientist from Fernandina Beach, Florida. He was a member of the National Council on the Humanities from 1984 to 1987 and chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights from 1988 to 1989. Allen ran as a Republican for a U.S. Senate seat in California in 1986 and 1992, losing in the primary election each time. Allen has been described as a \"conservative black leader in education.\""
tagline: "American political scientist"
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birthDate: "1944-03-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump