William Loren Katz
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William Loren Katz is an American author, educator, and historian. He is famous for having written extensively on the 500-year history of relations between African-Americans and Native Americans in the New World.
A graduate of both Syracuse University (1950, with a BA in history) and New York University (1952, with an MA in Secondary Education), Katz taught in the New York City and State secondary education systems for 14 years, and has served as a consultant for numerous boards of education nationwide. His "Education and Books" column has appeared in the New York Daily Challenge since 1986, and he is also the recipient of the 2000 White Dove Peace Award from the White Dove-Imani-Rainbow Lodge of Whitehall, Ohio.
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[edit] Selected Bibliography
- Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage (1997, Simon Pulse) ISBN 0-689-80901-8
- The Black West: A Documentary and Pictorial History of the African American Role in the Westward Expansion of the United States (1996, Touchstone) ISBN 0-684-81478-1
- Black Pioneers: An Untold Story (1999, Atheneum) ISBN 0-689-81410-0
- Breaking The Chains (1998, Simon Pulse) ISBN 0-689-81919-6
- Black Women of the Old West (1995, Atheneum) ISBN 0-689-31944-4
- Black Legacy: A History of New York's African Americans (1997, Atheneum) ISBN 0-689-31913-4
- Eyewitness: A Living Documentary of the African American Contribution to American History (1995, Touchstone) ISBN 0-684-80199-X
- The Cruel Years: American Voices at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century (with Laurie Lehman, 2001, Beacon Press) ISBN 1-891843-06-0
- Time Ghost (1995, Margaret K. McElderry) ISBN 0-689-80027-4
[edit] External links
- Official Site
- Simon & Schuster site - Books by William Loren Katz
- Democracy Now! - Eyewitness interview with William Loren Katz
