Allen Ballard Professor Ph.D., Harvard University M.A., Harvard University B.A., Kenyon College 060K Social Sciences Department of History University at Albany, SUNY 1400 Washington Avenue Albany, New York 12222 Phone: (518) 442-5407 Fax: (518) 442-5301 aballard@albany.edu Author's Guild Home Page

Teaching: His 497: Independent Study His 603: Readings in African American History His 603: Readings in Civil War History His 603: Readings in the History of the Civil Rights Movement Select Publications: Books: Where I'm Bound, a novel on African-American Soldiers in the Civil War, Simon and Schuster, 2000. The Education of Black Folk: The Afro-American Struggle for Knowledge in White America, Harper and Row, 1973. One More Day's Journey: The Making of Black Philadelphia, McGraw-Hill, 1984. (Paperback ISHI Press, Philadelphia, 1986). Articles: "Private Plot vs. Collective Farm," New York Times Sunday Magazine, June 14 1965, pp.14-15, 69-74. "Demons of Gettysburg," Op-Ed, New York Times, May 30,1999. Awards/Honors: Harvard Fellowship, 1955-1957 John Hay Whitney Grants, 1955-1956 Award for Distinguished Service to Black Education, Yale University Black Alumni Association, May 1974 President's Award, Cheyney State College, 1984 Chair and Commentator for session on "African American Women in the Cultural Life of Twentieth-Century Philadelphia" at 1994 Conference of the Association for Study of Afro-American Life and History. Current Research Interests: My areas of interest are: African-American History, Civil War History, Local History and the Soviet period in Russian History. Full Curriculum Vitae