Dylan C. Penningroth is an American historian and professor at the

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. In 2012, he was the recipient of a

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grant.

Life

Penningroth received his Bachelor of Arts degree from

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in 1993 and his Masters (1996) and Ph.D. (2000) from

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. His studies focus on elements of

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life under slavery and in the half-century following slavery’s abolition.

Works

* * * ''Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights'' (2023). New York: W. W. Norton.

Awards

In 2024 The Law and Society Association Honored Penningroth with the J. Willard Hurst Book Prize.

References

External links

"Dylan C. Penningroth"
Department of History at

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