Robert L. Allen

Robert Lee Allen (May 29, 1942 -) is an activist, writer, and Adjunct Professor of African-American Studies and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley^[1]. Dr. 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 is 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 frenquently in Oakland California by the Black World Foundation since 1969.

Dr. Allen is the author, co-author or co-editor of the following books:

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)^[3]
Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America (co-edited with Herb Boyd^[4], 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^[5] (with Allene G. Carter, 2004)
The Port Chicago Mutiny: The Story of the Largest Mass Mutiny Trial in U.S. Naval History^[6]^[7] (1989, republished 2006).

Guggenheim Fellowship (1977)^[8]
American Book Award (1995, with Herb Boyd^[9]) for Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America^[10]
The Joseph Small Legacy Award^[11] (1998) of the Black Hollywood Education and Research Center^[12]. The award honors Port Chicago disaster survivor Joseph R. Small, Jr.^[13], a member of The Port Chicago 50^[14] 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^[15] (2003)