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Louis R. Harlan

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American historian

United StatesWritersLived 1922 to 2010 · aged 87
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Louis Rudolph Harlan was an American academic historian who wrote a two-volume biography of the African-American educator and social leader Booker T. Washington and edited several volumes of Washington materials.

Awards 5

1984Pulitzer Prize for Biography
1984Bancroft Prize
1983Albert J. Beveridge Award
1973Bancroft Prize
Guggenheim Fellowship

Connected to Louis 6

Elizabeth A. FennAlso won Albert J. Beveridge AwardFrank Luther MottAlso won Bancroft PrizeElizabeth FrankAlso won Pulitzer Prize for BiographyArthur N. HolcombeAlso won Bancroft PrizeJames LockhartAlso won Albert J. Beveridge AwardKenneth SilvermanAlso won Pulitzer Prize for Biography

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Louis Rudolph Harlan was an American academic historian who wrote a two-volume biography of the African-American educator and social leader Booker T. Washington and edited several volumes of Washington materials. He won the Bancroft Prize in 1973 and 1984, once for each volume, and the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for the second volume.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 2010 · aged 87
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6 languages

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