Donald Yacovone (born February 25, 1952) is an American researcher, writer and academic who primarily specializes in African American History. [1] In 2013, he co-authored with Henry Louis Gates Jr the book based on the PBS television series The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross.
Born on February 25, 1952, in Hartford, Connecticut, to Alfred F. and Mary E. (Ostrowska) Yacovone, [2] Donald Yacovone earned his Bachelor of Science from Southern Connecticut State University in 1974. He went on to earn a Master of Arts from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1977 and then earned his Doctor of Philosophy from Claremont Graduate School in 1984. [2]
In 2013, Yacovone co-authored The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross [3] with Henry Louis Gates Jr, a book of the television series hosted by Gates Jr. [4] The book has been criticized by some for not dating back to pre-slavery times. [5] [6] [7]
He is the research manager at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at [8] and an associate at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, both at Harvard University. [9] Yacovone has written for The Chronicle of Higher Education on the topic of racism through history in textbooks and in academia. [10]
In 2022, Yacovone's book, Teaching White Supremacy: America’s Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of our National Identity, was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History. [11]
As Editor
Donald Yacovone (born February 25, 1952) is an American researcher, writer and academic who primarily specializes in African American History. [1] In 2013, he co-authored with Henry Louis Gates Jr the book based on the PBS television series The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross.
Born on February 25, 1952, in Hartford, Connecticut, to Alfred F. and Mary E. (Ostrowska) Yacovone, [2] Donald Yacovone earned his Bachelor of Science from Southern Connecticut State University in 1974. He went on to earn a Master of Arts from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1977 and then earned his Doctor of Philosophy from Claremont Graduate School in 1984. [2]
In 2013, Yacovone co-authored The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross [3] with Henry Louis Gates Jr, a book of the television series hosted by Gates Jr. [4] The book has been criticized by some for not dating back to pre-slavery times. [5] [6] [7]
He is the research manager at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at [8] and an associate at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, both at Harvard University. [9] Yacovone has written for The Chronicle of Higher Education on the topic of racism through history in textbooks and in academia. [10]
In 2022, Yacovone's book, Teaching White Supremacy: America’s Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of our National Identity, was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History. [11]
As Editor