Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1939, May 29 | Born, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 1962 | B.A., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1962-1964 | Editorial assistant, New Yorker magazine, New York, N.Y. |
| 1964-1965 | Institut des Professeurs de Français a l'Etranger, Sorbonne, Paris, France |
| 1965-1967 | Freelance writer and editor, Paris, France |
| 1968-1970 | Copy editor, Congressional Quarterly, Washington, D.C. |
| 1969 | Certificate, French-to-English translation, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. |
| 1970 | M.A., comparative literature, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. |
| 1972-1975 | Associate editor, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. |
| 1973 | Published and edited Good Morning Revolution: Uncollected Social Protest Writings by Langston Hughes. Westport, Conn.: L. Hill. |
| 1975-1977 | Staff writer and associate editor, WETA/TV-FM, Washington, D.C. |
| 1976-1977 | Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Task Force on Africa |
| 1979-1980 | Media coordinator, President's Advisory Committee for Women, Washington, D.C. |
| 1980 | Speechwriter, Department of Labor Women's Bureau, Washington, D.C. |
| 1980-1982 | Partner, Faith Berry and Associates |
| 1983 | Published Langston Hughes: Before and Beyond Harlem. Westport, Conn.: L. Hill |
| 1987 | Guest editor, Langston Hughes Review commemorative issue on Langston Hughes |
| 1988-1992 | Associate professor, American and comparative literature, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Fla. |
| 1991 | Published A Scholars Conscience: Selected Writings of J. Saunders Redding, 1942-1977. Lexington, Kentucky: The University of Kentucky Press |
| 1992 | Published second edition of Good Morning Revolution: Uncollected Writings of Social Protest by Langston Hughes. New York: Citadel Press |
| 1992 | Guest editor, Langston Hughes Review commemorative issue on Darwin T. Turner |
| 1992 | Compiled and edited A Scholar's Conscience: selected writings of J. Saunders Redding, 1942-1977. Lexington, Ky: University Press of Kentucky |
| 1992-1993 | Professor, American and comparative literature, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Fla. |
| 1993-2017 | Professor, African American literature and gender studies, University of California, Santa Barbara |
| 2001 | Compiled, edited, and published From Bondage to Liberation: Writings by and about Afro-Americans from 1700-1918. New York: Continuum |
| 2017, April 4 | Died, Cincinnati, Ohio |