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History Alum Carol Anderson wins National Book Critics Circle Award

April 4, 2017

History Alum Carol Anderson wins National Book Critics Circle Award

Carol Anderson

Ohio State history alumna Carol Anderson (PhD, history, 1995), an Emory historian, has won the National Book Critics Circle Award for her book, "White Rage: the Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide" (Bloomsbury). The New York Times bestseller examines the policies that have disenfranchised African Americans. Anderson is the Charles Howard Candler Professor and chair of African American Studies at Emory University. 

White Rage: the Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide