Robert L. Allen Explained

Robert Lee Allen (May 29, 1942 – July 10, 2024) was an American activist, writer, and adjunct professor of African-American Studies and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.^[1] Allen received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, San Francisco, and previously taught at San José State University and Mills College. He was Senior Editor (with Editor-in-Chief and Publisher Robert Chrisman) of The Black Scholar: Journal of Black Studies and Research,^[2] published quarterly or more frequently in Oakland, California, by the Black World Foundation since 1969.

In the 1980s, he co-founded with Alice Walker the publishing company called Wild Trees Press,^[3] publishing the work of Third World writers.^[4]

Allen married Pam Allen in 1965.^[5] He died on July 10, 2024, at the age of 82.^[6]

Works

• Black Awakening in Capitalist America: An Analytic History (1969)
• A Guide to Black Power in America: An Historical Analysis (1970)
• Reluctant Reformers: The Impact of Racism on Social Movement in the U.S. (1983)^[7]
• Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America (co-edited with Herb Boyd,^[8] reprinted 1996)
• Strong in the Struggle: My Life as a Black Labor Activist (with ILWU militant Lee Brown, 2001)
• Honoring Sergeant Carter: A Family's Journey to Uncover the Truth About an American Hero^[9] (with Allene G. Carter, 2004)
• The Port Chicago Mutiny: The Story of the Largest Mass Mutiny Trial in U.S. Naval History^{[10] [11]} (Heyday Books, 1989, republished 2006).

Awards

• Guggenheim Fellowship (1977)^[12]
• American Book Award (1995, with Herb Boyd^[13]) for Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America^[14]
• The Joseph Small Legacy Award (1998) of the Black Hollywood Education and Research Center.^[15] The award honors Port Chicago disaster survivor Joseph R. Small Jr.,^[16] a member of The Port Chicago 50,^[17] who provided the narrative for the first chapter of The Port Chicago Mutiny.
• One of 12 honorees of the San Francisco Public Library's Long Walk to Freedom living-history exhibition^[18] (2003)

See also

• Lián Amaris
• Stephan Aarstol

Notes and References

1. http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~africam/faculty/allen.html Robert Allen
2. http://www.theblackscholar.org The Black Scholar
3. [Maya Jaggi]
4. Karla Simcikova, To Live Fully, Here and Now: The Healing Vision in the Works of Alice Walker, Lexington Books, 2007, p. 148.
5. Book: Evans. Sara. Personal Politics: The Roots of Women's Liberation in the Civil Rights Movement & the New Left. 1980. Vintage Books. New York. 978-0-307-77360-9. 206. Unabridged..
6. https://www.metrotimes.com/arts/rip-robert-l-allen-a-black-scholar-in-every-sense-of-the-words-36838237 RIP Robert L. Allen, a Black scholar in every sense of the words
7. http://www.cpusa.org/article/articleview/619/1/118/ CPUSA Online - The Nature of the "White-Black Relationship"
8. Claire E. White, "Interview with Herb Boyd", Writers Write - The Internet Writing Journal.
9. http://www.honoringsergeantcarter.com/index2.php Honoring Sergeant Carter
10. http://www.bherc.org/Special_Events/Port_Chicago/concept.html

    Port Chicago Survivors - History & Concept ::

11. http://www.heydaybooks.com/public/books/pcm.html Heyday Books: The Port Chicago Mutiny
12. http://www.gf.org/77fellow.html John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 1977 Fellows Page
13. http://www.iveknownrivers.org/authors/author.php?a=Herb+Boyd I've Known Rivers | Author Biography Index
14. http://www.bookweb.org/news/awards/1293.html ABA: Book Industry Awards
15. http://www.bherc.org/index.html

    The Black Hollywood Education & Resource Center ::

16. http://www.prx.org/pieces/1227;jsessionid=C5A50F53E8AA0BCCFA02668672A349FB PRX » Pieces » The Port Chicago 50: An Oral History
17. Web site: The Job That Takes over Your Life. 27 September 1996.
18. http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/news/releases/longwalk.htm News Releases - Long Walk to Freedom - SFPL.org