A graduate of Harvard University, Nell Irvin Painter went on to become the Edwards Professor Emeritus of American History at Princeton University and directed the Program in African-American Studies from 1997-2000.
She is the author of seven books and countless articles relating to the history of the American South. Her critically acclaimed book, Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol, won the nonfiction prize of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. In Sojourner Truth, Painter focuses on the extraordinary life of the black abolitionist and women’s rights advocate.
Her most recent book, The History Of White People, guides readers through more than 2000 years of Western civilization, illuminating not only the invention of race but the frequent praise of “whiteness.”
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The theme of the 2011-2012 Lowell Lecture series is “Remembering the Civil War.” This is part of the Boston Public Library’s commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
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