Raymond Wolters

Raymond Reilly Wolters (born July 25, 1938)[2] is an American historian. He is the Thomas Muncy Keith Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Delaware, where he taught from 1965 until his retirement in 2014.[3] In 1985, his book The Burden of Brown: Thirty Years of School Desegregation won the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel award, a decision that proved controversial because the book was accused of being racist.[4][5] In 2017, after reviewing the book Making the Unequal Metropolis: School Desegregation and Its Limits in the American Historical Review (AHR), Wolters came under renewed criticism over his past writings for the white nationalist outlets, such as the magazine American Renaissance and think tank National Policy Institute. Many critics wrote letters to the AHR harshly criticizing its decision to publish Wolters' review of the book and calling for the review to be retracted. The interim editor of the AHR, Robert Schneider, subsequently issued an apology for publishing Wolters' review, stating that "The AHR deeply regrets both the choice of the reviewer and aspects of the review itself."[6][7]

Raymond Wolters
Born (1938-07-25) July 25, 1938
Kansas City, Missouri
NationalityAmerican
EducationStanford University
University of California, Berkeley
Awards1985 American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award (for his book The Burden of Brown: Thirty Years of School Desegregation)
Scientific career
FieldsHistory
InstitutionsUniversity of Delaware
ThesisThe Negro and the New Deal Economic Recovery Program (1967)
Doctoral advisorCharles Grier Sellers[1]

References
  1. "Intellectual journey". UDaily. 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  2. "Wolters, Raymond, 1938-". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  3. "Raymond Wolters". University of Delaware Department of History. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  4. Williams, Juan (1985-07-05). "ABA Giving Award to Book Criticized as 'Racist'". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  5. Taylor, Stuart (1985-07-06). "LAWYERS GATHER IN CAPITAL FOR BAR GROUP'S PARLEY". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  6. Jaschik, Scott (2017-04-18). "The Wrong Reviewer". Inside Higher Education. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  7. "Weekend Read: Intellectual racism". Southern Poverty Law Center. 2017-04-22. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
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