Elliott Rudwick

Elliott M. Rudwick was a professor of Sociology and History as well as an author in the United States. He wrote about African Americans and their history including W. E. B. Du Bois.^[1][2] He corresponded with Du Bois.^[3] Rudwick worked with historian August Meier on several books. He also wrote about the East St. Louis massacre of 1917.^[4][5]

He graduated from Temple University and received a master's degree and doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the Kent State University faculty in 1968, Rudwick had taught at Southern Illinois University, Florida State University and the University of Tampa.^[6]

He was a Guggenheim Fellow.^[7] In 1967 he was interviewed about "Negro retaliatory violence".^[8]

Bibliography

• The Niagara Movement (1957)^[9]
• Race Riot at East St. Louis; July 2, 1917 (1964)
• W. E. B. Dubois; Propagandist of the Negro Protest
• Core : A Study in the Civil Rights Movement, 1942 - 1968 with Meier^[10]
• From Plantation To Ghetto with August Meier
• "Fifty Years of Race Relations in East St. Louis: The Breaking Down of White Supremacy"^[11]
• "Race Leadership Struggle: Background of the Boston Riot of 1903, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Winter, 1962), pages 16–24^[12]
• The Making of Black America; Essays in Negro Life and History (two volumes), edited with August Meier
• Black Detroit and the Rise of the UAW with August Meier
• Along the Color Line, Explorations in the Black Experience, edited with August Meier, University of Illinois Press, 1976

References

1. "Elliott Rudwick". Encyclopedia Britannica.
2. Wright, Paul M.; Smith, Earl; Aptheker, Herbert; Rudwick, Elliott (April 1, 1977). "Communications". The Journal of Negro History. 62 (2): 195–199. doi:10.1086/JNHv62n2p195. S2CID 224833436 – via journals.uchicago.edu (Atypon).
3. "Letter from Elliot M. Rudwick to W. E. B. Du Bois, September 19, 1959". credo.library.umass.edu.
4. "Deadly 1917 Riot Mostly Forgotten : Unrest: Seventy-five years before Los Angeles' disturbances, 48 died in East St. Louis racial attacks. A survivor says, 'It was just like war.'". Los Angeles Times. July 12, 1992.
5. "Books of The Times End Papers RACE RIOT AT EAST ST. LOUIS. By Elliott M. Rudwick. 300 pages, Ill. Southern University of Illinois Press, Illinois. $6. (Published 1964)". July 24, 1964 – via NYTimes.com.
6. "Elliott M. Rudwick, 58, Dies; Sociology Professor at Kent". The New York Times. 1986-01-13. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
7. "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Elliott M. Rudwick".
8. "Negro retaliatory violence / Dr. Elliot Rudwick. | Pacifica Radio Archives". www.pacificaradioarchives.org.
9. The Niagara Movement
10. "Rudwick, Elliott M. [WorldCat Identities]".
11. Rudwick, Elliott M. (March 1, 1965). "FIFTY YEARS OF RACE RELATIONS IN EAST ST. LOUIS: THE BREAKING DOWN OF WHITE SUPREMACY". American Studies: 3–15 – via journals.ku.edu.
12. Rudwick, Elliott M. (1962). "Race Leadership Struggle: Background of the Boston Riot of 1903". The Journal of Negro Education. 31 (1): 16–24. doi:10.2307/2294533. JSTOR 2294533 – via JSTOR.