Background
Dunbar, Leslie Wallace was born on January 27, 1921 in Lewisburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of Marion Leslie and Minnie Lee (Crickenberger) Dunbar.
(As a leader of the Southern Regional Council in the early...)
As a leader of the Southern Regional Council in the early 1960s, and later as executive director of the Field Foundation, Leslie Dunbar's advocacy and behind-the-scenes organizing made him one of the most significant (but least recognized) people in the civil rights movement. His essays and speeches often helped set the agenda. They also continue to offer a prophetic voice in our struggle to create a more humane and fully integrated America. The Shame of Southern Politics gathers for the first time fourteen of Dunbar's essays and speeches on the courage and values of the southern civil rights movement. Dunbar's selected writings, ranging from the classic 1961 essay "The Annealing of the South" to a post-September 11th meditation, give eloquent voice to the best of America's liberal tradition. A new essay entitled "1968" offers Dunbar's unique take on that transformational year.
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(Editor Anthony Dunbar has assembled essays from 12 leadin...)
Editor Anthony Dunbar has assembled essays from 12 leading Southern historians, activists, civil rights attorneys, law professors, and theologians to discuss militarism, religion, the environment, voting rights, the Patriot Act, the economy, prisons and crime, and other subjects. The writers share the beliefs that the current policies of our national administration sacrifice the interests of the poor and the people who work for a living to the interests of a privileged elite, that the power of money and the military must be tethered, that the natural environment must be sheltered, and that racial justice matters. A common sentiment is dismay at the deepening chasm that now divides America-and specifically the South-into hostile armies whose leaders are fast losing whatever motivation they ever had to pursue compromise and cooperation, and the common good. The essayists are Leslie Dunbar, Paul Gaston, John Egerton, Janisse Ray, Dan Pollitt, Connie Curry, Laughlin McDonald, Sheldon Hackney, Susan Wiltshire, Gene Nichol, Dan Carter, and Charles Bussey. Foreword by Jimmy Carter
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Dunbar, Leslie Wallace was born on January 27, 1921 in Lewisburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of Marion Leslie and Minnie Lee (Crickenberger) Dunbar.
Master of Arts, Cornell University, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1948.
Assistant professor political science, Emory University, Atlanta, 1948-1951;
chief community affairs, Savannah River plant Atomic Energy Commission, Aiken, South Carolina., 1951-1954;
assistant professor political science, Mount Holyoke College, 1955-1958;
director research, Southern Regional Council, Atlanta, 1958-1961;
executive director, Southern Regional Council, 1961-1965;
executive director, secretary, Field Foundation, New York City, 1965-1980;
visiting professor political science, U. Arizona, 1981. Consultant Fund for Peace, National Urban League, 1981-1984. Senior project associate social welfare policy, 1985-1987, Ford Foundation.
Guardian ad litem State of North Carolina, since 1993.
(Editor Anthony Dunbar has assembled essays from 12 leadin...)
(As a leader of the Southern Regional Council in the early...)
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Deacon Watts St. Baptist Church, Durham, 1998—2001. Board directors Nation Institute, 1980—1986, president, 1980—1984. Board directors Village of Pelham Library.
Board, 1980—1984, president, 1982—1984. Board directors Children's Foundation, 1980—1986, president, 1982—1984, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, 1987—2001, vice president, 1987—1992. Board directors Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, 1976—1987, Field Foundation, 1978—1980, Minority Rights Group, New York City, 1980—1985, Center National Security Studies, 1980—1987, Amnesty International/United States of America, 1984—1986, Winston Foundation for World Peace, 1985—1989, Voter Education Project, 1987—1990, North Carolina Council Churches, 1991—1993, Southeastern Efforts Developing Sustainable Spaces, Inc., 1998—2001, Ruth Mott Fund, 1988—1999, chair, 1992—1994.
Board directors, member selection committee Windcall Resident Program, 1990—1994. Fellow Southern Regional Council (life).
Married Peggy Rawls, July 5, 1942 (deceased November 29, 2009). 1 foster child Nha Van (deceased) children: Linda Dunbar Knox(deceased), Anthony Paul.