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Chancellor Williams

1898 – 1992

United States (South Carolina; Washington, D.C.); field research in Ghana

Howard University historian and sociologist whose The Destruction of Black Civilization (1971) surveyed thousands of years of African history and won the Black Academy of Arts and Letters book award.

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North facade of Founders Library, Howard University, Washington, D.C., where Chancellor Williams taught
Credit: Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress. License: Public domain (U.S. government HABS photo).

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  1. BlackPast, "Chancellor J. Williams (1898-1992)" (Reference)
  2. EBSCO Research Starters, "Chancellor Williams" (Reference)

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