Background

Mr. Lichtenstein was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, on February 28, 1962.

Education

Alex Lichtenstein finished Yale University with Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude) in 1984. In 1985 he graduated from University of Pennsylvania, earning his Master of Arts, and in 1990 Doctor of Philosophy.

Career

In 1990 he was appointed assistant professor of history at Florida International University, Miami. Alex Lichtenstein has worked as a consultant to American Friends Service Committee.

Achievements

• Alex Lichtenstein is widely known for his literature works which describe the intersection of labor history and the struggle for racial justice in societies shaped by white supremacy, particularly the U.S. South (1865-1954) and 20th-century South Africa.

Works

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  • Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: A Geography of American Memory
  • Twice the Work of Free Labor: The Political Economy of Convict Labor in the New South (Haymarket Series)
  • Revolt Among The Sharecroppers
  • Labor in the Modern South (Economy and Society in the Modern South Ser.)
  • I Am a Fugitive from the Georgia Chain Gang!
  • Racial Violence in America

Membership

• American Historical Association , United States

• American Studies Association , United States

• Collegium of African American Research , United States

• Organization of American Historians , United States

• Historians of American Communism , United States

• Southern Historical Association , United States

• Phi Beta Xappa , United States

References

• Alex Lichtenstein: Faculty: Faculty + Staff: Department of History: Indiana University Bloomington