Raymond Gavins, Professor

Please note: Raymond has left the "History" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.

Research and teaching: Modern America, Afro-America, and American South

Office Location:	302 Carr Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
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Specialties:: Race and Ethnicity
Cultural History
African, Middle East and Asia
United States and Canada

Research Interests: Research and teaching: Modern America, Afro-America, and American South.: Research and teaching: Modern America, Afro-America, and American South

Recent Publications

R Gavins, The Cambridge Guide to African American History (February, 2016), pp. 346 pages, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 1107501962 [abs]
R Gavins, A historical overview of the barriers faced by black American males in pursuit of higher education, Diversity in Higher Education: Diminishing Proportions, edited by Henry T. Frierson, Willie Pearson Jr., and James H. Wyche, Diversity in Higher Education, vol. 6 (December, Submitted, 2009), pp. 13-29, Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, ISSN 1479-3644 [doi]
R Gavins, Diaspora Africans and Slavery, in Africana Studies: A Survey of Africa and the African Diaspora, 3rd ed, 91-108., manual (2005)
R Gavins and IT Hill, From the Editors: Behind the Veil, OAH Magazine of History, vol. 18 (January, Submitted, 2004), pp. 3-36, ISSN 0882-228X [25163653], [doi]
R Gavins, Literature on Jim Crow, OAH Magazine of History, vol. 18 (January, Submitted, 2004), pp. 13-16, ISSN 0882-228X [25163655], [doi]

Fellowships: Ford, NEH, Rockefeller, Southern, Carter G. Woodson Institute, Whitney M. Young Jr., Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Co-recipient: Distinguished Oral History Project Award, Oral History Association, 1996; Carey McWilliams Book Award, 2002; Lillian Smith Book Award, 2002.

Julian Francis Abele Achievement Award, Black Graduate and Professional Student Association, 1998.

Recipient: John W. Blassingame Award, Southern Historical Association, 2008