An Online Reference Guide to African American History
Quintard Taylor
Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American History
University of Washington, Seattle
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Leslie Hurt received his Associate degree in Human Services from Vance- Granville Community College in 2004. He received his BA in Sociology from North Carolina Central University (NCCU) in 2008. He is completing his Master’s in Sociology at NCCU where he is a graduate assistant. His focus areas of study are Race and Ethnic studies, African American History and Social Movements. He is a member of Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology honor society Leslie completed research for his Master’s thesis on the life and works of renowned sociologist, Dr. Joseph Himes, in 2011 and is currently on the adjunct faculty at North Carolina Central University. One of his major goals is to obtain his PhD and shed light on the vast contributions African Americans have made to the field of Sociology. | |||||
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BlackPast.org is an independent non-profit corporation 501(c)(3). It has no affiliation with the University of Washington. BlackPast.org is supported in part by a grant from Humanities Washington, a state-wide non-profit organization supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the state of Washington, and contributions from individuals and foundations.