Herbert Aptheker
(1915-2003)
historian and activist
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Herbert Aptheker (July 31, 1915 – March 17, 2003) was an American Marxist historian and political activist. He wrote more than 50 books, mostly in the fields of African-American history and general U.S. history, most notably, American Negro Slave Revolts (1943), a classic in the field. He also compiled the 7-volume Documentary History of the Negro People (1951–1994). In addition, he compiled a wide variety of primary documents supporting study of African-American history. He was the literary executor for W. E. B. Du Bois.
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31 July 1915 Brooklyn, New York
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17 March 2003 (aged 87) Mountain View, California
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| Zodiac | Leo |
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