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Gerald Early

Gerald Lyn Early is an American essayist and American culture critic, appearing and serving as a consultant on Ken Burns' documentary films Baseball, Jazz, Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, The War, and Muhammad Ali. Currently, Early is the Merle Kling Professor of Modern letters, of English, African studies, African-American studies, American culture studies, and Director, Center for Joint Projects in the Humanities and Social Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He is a regular commentator on National Public Radio's Fresh Air, and his essays have appeared in numerous editions of Best American Essays series. He writes on topics as diverse as American literature, the Korean War, African-American culture, Afro-American autobiography, non-fiction prose, baseball, jazz, prizefighting, Motown, Miles Davis, Muhammad Ali and Sammy Davis Jr.


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Born:
Apr 21, 1952 In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Movie/TV Credits:
3
First Appeared:
In the series Baseball 1994-09-18
Latest Project:
Movie Jackie Robinson 2016-04-11
Known For
Poster of Jackie Robinson
Poster of Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
Poster of Baseball
Filmography
Movie Jackie Robinson Himself 2016-04-11
Movie Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed Self 2008-02-23
Series Baseball Self 1994-09-18
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