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Robin Kelley

Robin D.G. Kelley is a professor of history and American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California. From 2003-2006, he was the William B. Ransford Professor of Cultural and Historical Studies at Columbia Univeristy. From 1994-2003, he was a professor of history and Africana Studies at New York University as well the chairman of NYU's history department from 2002-2003. One of the youngest tenured professors in a full academic discipline--at the age of 32--Kelley has spent most of his career exploring American and African-American history with a particular emphasis on African-American musical culture, including jazz and hip-hop.

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Excerpt 1 from Race Rebels
Aug 30, 2012
Thelonious Monk is now available in Trade Paperback
Nov 02, 2010
Thelonious Monk will be released on November 02, 2010 in Trade Paperback
Nov 02, 2010
Thelonious Monk will be released on December 08, 2009 in eBook
Dec 08, 2009
Thelonious Monk is now available in eBook
Dec 08, 2009
Excerpt:
Prologue from Thelonious Monk
Aug 30, 2009
Race Rebels will be released on June 18, 2008 in eBook
Jun 18, 2008
Race Rebels will be released on June 18, 2008 in eBook
Jun 18, 2008
Race Rebels will be released on June 18, 2008 in eBook
Jun 18, 2008
Race Rebels will be released on June 18, 2008 in eBook
Jun 18, 2008
Race Rebels will be released on June 18, 2008 in eBook
Jun 18, 2008
Race Rebels is now available in eBook
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Race Rebels will be released on June 01, 1996 in Trade Paperback
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Race Rebels is now available in Trade Paperback
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Al Jazeera, May 9, 2013
...justice around the US-Mexico border. It's also evidence in the beautiful work of Angela Davis, Alice Walker, Robin Kelley, Cynthia McKinney and others who recently travelled to Palestine and have spoken out against Zionism and US empire, and in favour of...
Wesleyan Argus, September 25, 2012
...for the Sound,” about his time with the Grateful Dead, and I’m somewhere in the middle of Robin Kelley’s biography of Thelonious Monk... I just started Paul Robeson’s “Here I Stand.” Robeson’s life story is astounding, and a cautionary tale...
Travel2Globe.com, June 21, 2012
...of one of the most extensive collections of wine, armagnacs, cognacs, vintage ports, and spirits in the world. Robin Kelley O’Connor, a 30-year wine expert and former Head of Wine for Christie’s Americas’. Dr. Patrick Farrell, a Master of Wine who...
Travel2Globe.com, June 21, 2012
...of one of the most extensive collections of wine, armagnacs, cognacs, vintage ports, and spirits in the world. Robin Kelley O’Connor, a 30-year wine expert and former Head of Wine for Christie’s Americas’. Dr. Patrick Farrell, a Master of Wine who...
Windy City Times, June 4, 2013
...Feigenholtz and Sen. John Cullerton (combined) Citizens for David Orr U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky U.S. Rep. Robin Kelley Ald. Joe Moore Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez Ald. Danny Solis Ald. Scott Waguespack Cook County Democratic...
SGV Tribune, May 24, 2013
...Police have not revealed how the man was injured or what was taken during the robbery, but Lt. Robin Kelley said the man was suffering from an apparent head wound. No further information was immediately available about the teenager or his suspected...
Daily Breeze, May 24, 2013
...Police have not revealed how the man was injured or what was taken during the robbery, but Lt. Robin Kelley said the man was suffering from an apparent head wound. No further information was immediately available about the teenager or his suspected...
Contra Costa Times, May 24, 2013
...Police have not released how the man was injured or what was taken during the robbery, but Lt. Robin Kelley did say that the man was suffering from an apparent head wound. No further information was immediately available about the suspect or his...
San Jose Mercury News, May 24, 2013
...Police have not released how the man was injured or what was taken during the robbery, but Lt. Robin Kelley did say that the man was suffering from an apparent head wound. No further information was immediately available about the suspect or his...
Oakland Tribune, May 24, 2013
...Police have not released how the man was injured or what was taken during the robbery, but Lt. Robin Kelley did say that the man was suffering from an apparent head wound. No further information was immediately available about the suspect or his...
Inside Bay Area, May 24, 2013
...Police have not released how the man was injured or what was taken during the robbery, but Lt. Robin Kelley did say that the man was suffering from an apparent head wound. No further information was immediately available about the suspect or his...