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Mar 25, 2003 · March 25, 2003. August Meier, an expert on African-American history, died last Wednesday at his home in Manhattan. He was 79. He had a progressive neurological disorder, said Dr. Diane E....
August Meier, University Professor Emeritus at Kent State University, died on March 19, 2003, in New York City in the care of his niece Diane Meier, a geriatric physician, and his brother Paul Meier and wife Louise. Death came after several years of impaired health due to a series of strokes.
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August Meier (April 30, 1923 – March 19, 2003) was a professor of history at Kent State University and an author. He was a leading scholar on African American history. He edited several books with Elliott Rudwick. The New York Public Library has a collection of his papers. Raised in Newark, New Jersey, Meier graduated from Barringer High School.
Mar 27, 2003 · World & Nation. August Meier, 79; Expert on History of African Americans. L.A. Times Archives. March 27, 2003 12 AM PT. From Staff and Wire Reports. August Meier, 79, a scholar of African...
Dec 2, 2014 · August Meier Papers, Sc MG 340, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library. Repository. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Access to materials. Request an in-person research appointment.
A pioneer in African American history, August Meier was a model of an engaged academic, a prolific writer, active participant in the civil rights struggle, and staunch member of the NAACP, SNCC, and CORE. While pursuing graduate work at Columbia under Henry Steele Commager, Meier taught at a succession of Historical Black Colleges, including ...
The August Meier papers document this historian's personal development as a liberal and progressive thinker stemming from his formative years, and emphasizing his professional activities in the roles of researcher, historian, lecturer and editor of several series in black studies. The collection is divided into ten series and forty subseries.