Roderick D. Bush
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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[edit]
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 the University of Kansas, 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[edit]
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[edit]
- 2015: U.S. Higher Education Faculty Awards, Vol. 1, best overall faculty member, best researcher/scholar, and most helpful to students.[7]
- 2014: American Sociological Association Marxist Section Lifetime Achievement Award
- 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[edit]
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?
In 2019 a collection of scholars, friends and students published: Rod Bush: Lessons from a Radical Black Scholar on Liberation, Love, and Justice https://www.okcir.com/product/rod-bush-lessons-from-a-radical-black-scholar-on-liberation-love-and-justice/> with essays on the lessons that can be learned from Rod's writings, teaching, mentorship and friendship.
References[edit]
- ^ "Roderick Douglas Bush – Warrior for Love and Justice". Rodbush.org. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ^ a b "Roderick Douglas Bush". Rodbush.org. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ^ a b c d Furuhashi, Yoshie (25 September 2006). "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Smith, Keri E. Iyall; Leavy, Patricia (1 January 2008). Hybrid Identities: Theoretical and Empirical Examinations. BRILL. ISBN 978-9004170391 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Roderick D. Bush | St. John's University". Stjohns.edu. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
- ^ Awards, Faculty (30 November 2015). 2015 U.S. Higher Education Faculty Awards, Vol. 1: Fine Arts, Humanities, Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. River Publishers. ISBN 9788793379008 – via Google Books.
- ^ Cunnigen, Donald; Bruce, Marino A. (4 June 2015). Race in the Age of Obama. Emerald Group Publishing. ISBN 9781783509812 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Roderick D. Bush : CV" (PDF). Roderickbush.files.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ^ Bush, Roderick (July 28, 2009). The End of White World Supremacy: Black Internationalism and the Problem of the Color Line. Temple University Press. ISBN 9781592135745 – via Google Books.
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- 2013 deaths
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- 20th-century American philosophers
- 21st-century American philosophers
- African-American Christians
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- Black studies scholars
- Binghamton University alumni
- St. John's University (New York City) faculty