Merle Black

P. Merle Black (born 1942) is an American political scientist. He is Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Political Science at Emory University. He specializes in Southern politics, particularly in the 20th and 21st centuries.[1][2]

P. Merle Black
Born1942
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Career

Black attended Harvard University, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1964.[3] He then joined the Peace Corps, and spent two years teaching in Liberia.[3] After completing his Peace Corps assignment, Black enrolled as a graduate student at the University of Chicago where he would complete both a Master's Degree and a PhD.[3] At the start of his graduate studies he focused broadly on global politics, but during the course of his PhD he shifted focus to the politics of the American south.[3]

In 1970, Black joined the political science faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and in 1989 he moved to Emory University.[3]

Black's twin brother, Earl Black, was a longtime professor at Rice University, and the two coauthored several books on politics in the Southern United States. These include Politics and Society in the South[4] and The Vital South.[5]

Black was President of the Southern Political Science Association from 2002 to 2003.[6] Black won the Southern Political Science Association's 2004 V. O. Key award, together with Taeku Lee as well as his brother Earl Black.[7]

Notes
  1. "Obama's racial problems transcend Wright". Politico. 18 March 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  2. "Articles tagged Merle Black". USA Today. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  3. Scott, Henry (2012). "The Importance of Being Merle". Emory University. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  4. Ingalls, Gerald L. (1 November 1988). "Review Politics and Society in the South". Southeastern Geographer. 28 (2): 111–113. doi:10.1353/sgo.1988.0013.
  5. Ferrell, Thomas H. (15 March 1992). "Review The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected". Library Journal. 117 (5): 104.
  6. "Past Presidents". Southern Political Science Association. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  7. "Previous V.O. Key Award Winners". Southern Political Science Association. 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.


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