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- Born March 21, 1949, in Flint, MI; son of George Franklin and Martha Ann Blight; married Karin B.H. Beckett (a teacher), December 28, 1987; children: (stepchild) Peter Beckett.
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David William Blight (born 1949) is the Sterling Professor of History, of African American Studies, and of American Studies and Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University.
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David William Blight. Current address: Department of History Office: (203)-432-8521 . Box 208324 Fax: (203)-432-7587 . Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, E-mail: david.blight@yale.edu. Web site davidwblight.com. EDUCATION. 1985 Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, American History (Scholarly Concentration:
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David W. Blight is a teacher, scholar and public historian. At Yale University he is Sterling Professor of History, joining that faculty in January 2003. As of June 2004, he is Director, succeeding David Brion Davis, of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition .
Nov 5, 2018 · Blight senses a lot in Douglass’s letters, extrapolating, for example, a picture of a difficult relationship with his first wife, Anna Murray-Douglass. She helped Frederick escape from slavery, kept his house and raised his children.
David W. Blight joined the faculty at Yale in January 2003. He is one of the nation’s foremost authorities on the US Civil War and its legacy. As of June, 2004, he is Director, succeeding David Brion Davis, of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale.
In 2012, Blight was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is set to publish Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, with Simon and Schuster in October, 2018. 320 York St, New Haven, CT 06511-3627. Phone: 432-8521, 432-3339. david.blight@yale.edu. Website.
Aug 11, 2020 · Chris Hayes speaks with professor and historian David Blight about the life of the freed slave, orator, and writer Frederick Douglass.
