John Christopher Walter was an American

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

, and professor at

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seat ...

. He graduated from

University of Maine The University of Maine (UMaine or UMO) is a public land-grant research university in Orono, Maine. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the flagship university of the University of Maine System. It is classifi ...

, with a Ph.D., in 1972.

Awards

* 1990

American Book Award The American Book Award is an American literary award that annually recognizes a set of books and people for "outstanding literary achievement". According to the 2010 awards press release, it is "a writers' award given by other writers" and "the ...

Works

"The Changing Status of the Black Athlete in the 20th Century United States", ''American Studies online'', 1996, City of Liverpool College
* * * ''Black Athletes and the Color Line: In Their Own Words'', with Malina Iida

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Walter, John C. 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers University of Maine alumni University of Washington faculty Living people American Book Award winners American male non-fiction writers 1933 births