Education
He earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1982, where his advisor was William Leuchtenburg.
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Making Trouble: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and the University
(First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylo...)
First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Making Trouble: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and the University
(First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylo...)
First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin by John D'Emilio (2004-10-01)
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Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin
( One of the most important figures of the American civil...)
One of the most important figures of the American civil rights movement, Bayard Rustin taught Martin Luther King Jr. the methods of Gandhi, spearheaded the 1963 March on Washington, and helped bring the struggle of African Americans to the forefront of a nation's consciousness. But despite his incontrovertibly integral role in the movement, the openly gay Rustin is not the household name that many of his activist contemporaries are. In exploring history's Lost Prophet, acclaimed historian John D'Emilio explains why Rustin's influence was minimized by his peers and why his brilliant strategies were not followed, or were followed by those he never meant to help.
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The World Turned: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and Culture by John D'Emilio (2002-10-08)
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Making Trouble: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and the University by John D'Emilio (1992-08-14)
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The World Turned: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and Culture
( Something happened in the 1990s, something dramatic and...)
Something happened in the 1990s, something dramatic and irreversible. A group of people long considered a moral menace and an issue previously deemed unmentionable in public discourse were transformed into a matter of human rights, discussed in every institution of American society. Marriage, the military, parenting, media and the arts, hate violence, electoral politics, public school curricula, human genetics, religion: Name the issue, and the the role of gays and lesbians was a subject of debate. During the 1990s, the world seemed finally to turn and take notice of the gay people in its midst. In The World Turned, distinguished historian and leading gay-rights activist John D’Emilio shows how gay issues moved from the margins to the center of national consciousness during the critical decade of the 1990s. In this collection of essays, D’Emilio brings his historian’s eye to bear on these profound changes in American society, culture, and politics. He explores the career of Bayard Rustin, a civil rights leader and pacifist who was openly gay a generation before almost everyone else; the legacy of radical gay and lesbian liberation; the influence of AIDS activist and writer Larry Kramer; the scapegoating of gays and lesbians by the Christian Right; the gay-gene controversy and the debate over whether people are "born gay"; and the explosion of attention focused on queer families. He illuminates the historical roots of contemporary debates over identity politics and explains why the gay community has become, over the last decade, such a visible part of American life.
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(Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin ) Author: John D'Emilio Mar-2012
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John D'Emilio
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Career
He taught at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was a Guggenheim fellow in 1998 and National Endowment for the Humanities fellow in 1997 and also served as Director of the Policy Institute at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force from 1995 to 1997.
Achievements
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D'Emilio was awarded the Stonewall Book Award in 1984 for his most widely cited book, Sexual politics, sexual communities, which is considered the definitive history of the U.S. homophile movement from 1940 to 1970. His biography of the civil-rights leader Bayard Rustin, Lost prophet: Bayard Rustin and the quest for peace and justice in America, won the Randy Shilts Award and the Stonewall Book Award for non-fiction in 2004. He was the 2005 recipient of the Brudner Prize at Yale University.
His and Estelle Freedman's book Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America was cited in Justice Anthony Kennedy's opinion in Lawrence v.
Texas, the 2003 American Supreme Court case overturning all remaining anti-sodomy laws.
In 2005 D'Emilio was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame.
He received the Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement from Publishing Triangle in 2013.
Jim Oleson, his partner since the early 1980s, died at their home in Chicago on April 4, 2015.
Works
book
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Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin
( One of the most important figures of the American civil...)
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The World Turned: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and Culture
( Something happened in the 1990s, something dramatic and...)
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Making Trouble: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and the University
(First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylo...)
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Making Trouble: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and the University
(First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylo...)
- Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin by John D'Emilio (2004-10-01)
- The World Turned: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and Culture by John D'Emilio (2002-10-08)
- Making Trouble: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and the University by John D'Emilio (1992-08-14)
- (Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin ) Author: John D'Emilio Mar-2012
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Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin
Membership
American Historical Association. Organization of American Historians. American Studies Association.
Phi Beta Kappa Society.
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Born
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Guggenheim Fellowship; Lambda Literary Award Stonewall Book Award
The Stonewall Book Award are a set of three literary awards that annually recognize 'exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender experience' in English-language books published in the U.S.The Stonewall Book Award are a set of three literary awards that annually recognize 'exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender experience' in English-language books published in the U.S.