Background
Blakely, Allison was born on March 31, 1940 in Clinton, Alabama, United States. Son of Ed Walton and Alice Blakely.
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Now in paperback! Blacks in the Dutch World The Evolution of Racial Imagery in a Modern Society Allison Blakely Examination of the development of racial attitudes and color prejudice. "In Blacks in the Dutch World Blakely provides scholars with a valuable record―in word and image―of the complex interaction between Dutch history and black history even as it examines, sensitively and persuasively, some of the intricate combinations of factors which are involved in color bias and its cultural expression." ―Catherine Levesque, New West Indian Guide/Nieuwe West-Indische Gids "... provocative and exceptionally well written―a significant contribution to the history of Dutch overseas expansion." ―Johannes Postma, Journal of Interdisciplinary History "This is a very interesting, well-written, and thoroughly researched study based on a great variety of sources." ―Choice Blacks in the Dutch World examines the interaction between Black history and Dutch history to gain an understanding of the development of racial attitudes. Allison Blakely reveals cracks in the self-image and reputation of Dutch society as a haven for those escaping intolerance. Pervasive images of "the Moor" and "the noble savage" appear in Dutch art and popular culture; and "Black Pete" is a servant to Santa Claus in Dutch Christmas tradition. These and many other cultural artifacts reflect the racial stereotyping of Blacks that existed in the Dutch world through the time of slavery and servitude, and then freedom. Blakely weighs the proposition that factors unique to the modern period have contributed to the creation of this racial imagery in Dutch folklore, art, literature, and religion. By viewing evolving images of Blacks against the backdrop of Western expansion, the agricultural, scientific, and industrial revolutions, and the advent of modern secular doctrines, Blakely discovers that humanism and liberalism, hallmarks of Dutch society since medieval times, have been imperfect guardians against racial bias. Allison Blakely, Professor of European History and Comparative History at Howard University, is author of Russia and the Negro: Blacks in Russian History and Thought, winner of an American Book Award. Blacks in the Diaspora―Darlene Clark Hine, John McCluskey, Jr., David Barry Gaspar, general editors March 2001 (cloth 1994) 352 pages, 119 illus., intro., notes, index, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 cloth 0-253-31191-8 $45.00 L / £34.00 paper 0-253-21433-5 $22.95 s / £17.50
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From rear cover notes: "...Russia and the Negro: Blacks in Russian History and Thought provides an intriguing look at native Russians of African descent and black immigrants and visitors against the cultural and social background of Russian history, from antiquity to the present. Abram Hannibal, the ingenious military engineer; his descendant, nineteenth century writer Alexander Pushkin; thespian Ira Aldridge; and prominent African-Americans, such as writers Claude McKay and Langston Hughes, performing artist Paul Robeson, and political activists George Padmore and Angela Davis are included among the accounts of celebrated Negro inhabitants or visitors to Russia and the Soviet Union. Russia and the Negro provides a scholarly examination of Russia's centuries-old relationship with black Africa and Africans in the diaspora. it is an outstanding comparative study that provides insights for the scholar and general reader alike."
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Blakely, Allison was born on March 31, 1940 in Clinton, Alabama, United States. Son of Ed Walton and Alice Blakely.
Student, Oregon State College, Corvallis, 1960. Bachelor, University Oregon, 1962. Master of Arts, University California, Berkeley, 1964.
Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1971.
Instructor history Stanford (California) University, 1970-1971. Assistant professor history Howard University, Washington, 1971-1977, associate professor history, 1977-1987, associate dean College Liberal Arts, 1989-1990, director honors program, College Liberal Arts, 1990-1993, professor history, 1987-2001, Boston University, since 2001. Reader and test development consultant, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey, 1974-2001.
Fellowship selection panelist, American Council Learned Societies, 2001, National Endowment of the Humanities, 1979-1980, chair fellowship selection panel, Ford Foundation, New York City, 1992-1994. World history national standards review panelist, Council Basic Education, Washington, 1995-1996.
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(From rear cover notes: "...Russia and the Negro: Blacks i...)
Member Democratic National Committee, Washington, since 1982. Public member Foreign Service Selection Board, United States State Department, 1995. Member American History Association (nominate committee since 1999, chairman committee on minority historians 1993-1997), World History Association, American Association Advancement of Slavic Studies, United States Foreign Service Public Members Association (board directors), Phi Beta Kappa Society (senior at large since 1993, president since 2006).
Married Shirley Ann Reynolds, July 5, 1968. Children: Shantel, Andrei.