Roderick D. Bush

Roderick Douglas Bush (November 12, 1945 – December 5, 2013)[1] was an U.S. born sociologist, social activist, author, public intellectual author and academic primarily concerning the Civil rights movement (1865–1896).

Biography

Born on November 12, 1945,[2] Bush grew up in the "Jim Crow" South before moving to Rochester, New York, as a child.[3] As a teen, he attended Howard University and became involved in the Black Power Movement.[3] He attended Kansas University, where he began his doctoral work.[3] He left to become a full-time political activist only to return to academia in 1998.[3] He earned his PH.D from Binghamton University in 1992.[4] He served as a faculty member at St. John's University as a Sociology Professor.[5]

Bush died on December 5, 2013.[2]

Academic specialization

At a collegiate level he taught and specialized in race and ethnicity, the black experience, social movements, world-systems studies, globalization, social inequality, social change, urban sociology, community organizing, political sociology.[6]

Awards

In the book, 2015 U.S. Higher Education Faculty Awards, Vol. 1, Bush won the best overall faculty member, best researcher/scholar, and most helpful to students.[7]
American Sociological Association Marxist Section Lifetime Achievement Award 2014
Professor-Service to Students Seton Hall University 9/97-5/98
University Research Fellow Seton Hall University 6/97-8/97
Ford Foundation PostDoctoral
Fellow Seton Hall University 9/93-8/94
University Fellow SUNY Binghamton 1/88-6/88
U.S. Public Health Fellow University of Kansas 9/67-6/70
National Competitive Scholar Howard University 9/63-6/67
Ralph Bunche Scholarship Howard University 9/63

Books

Bush was part of a working group of authors in the book Race in the Age of Obama,[8] and a contributor to the book Transnational Africa and Globalization.[5]
He was the author of the books We are Not What We Seem: Black Nationalism and Class Struggle in the American Century, The New Black Vote: Politics and Power in Four American Cities,[9] The End of White World Supremacy: Black Internationalism and the Problem of the Color Line.[10] He also co-authored with Melanie E. L. Bush Tensions in the American Dream: Rhetoric, Reverie or Reality?

References

1. "Roderick Douglas Bush – Warrior for Love and Justice". Rodbush.org. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
2. "Roderick Douglas Bush". Rodbush.org. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
3. Furuhashi, Yoshie. "Ron Jacobs, "It's Not Race or Class -- It's Race and Class: An Interview with Roderick Bush"". Mrzien.monthlyreview.org. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
4. sdonline. "Roderick D. Bush, The End of White World Supremacy: Black Internationalism and the Problem of the Color Line. | Socialism and Democracy". Retrieved 2019-10-29.
5. Smith, Keri E. Iyall; Leavy, Patricia (1 January 2008). "Hybrid Identities: Theoretical and Empirical Examinations". BRILL – via Google Books.
6. "Roderick D. Bush | St. John's University". Stjohns.edu. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
7. Awards, Faculty (30 November 2015). "2015 U.S. Higher Education Faculty Awards, Vol. 1: Fine Arts, Humanities, Liberal Arts and Social Sciences". River Publishers – via Google Books.
8. Cunnigen, Donald; Bruce, Marino A. (4 June 2015). "Race in the Age of Obama". Emerald Group Publishing – via Google Books.
9. "Roderick D. Bush : CV" (PDF). Roderickbush.files.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
10. Bush, Roderick (July 28, 2009). "The End of White World Supremacy: Black Internationalism and the Problem of the Color Line". Temple University Press – via Google Books.