Not to be confused with basketball player Joe Caldwell
Joe Louis Caldwell (? - March 2010) was a history professor and author. He was a professor at University of New Orleans and the first African American to chair its history department.[1]
He also worked at Tulane University, Southern University, Texas Southern University and Loyola University.[1] He was born in Lincoln Parish in north Louisiana and named for boxer Joe Louis. He received a B.A. from Grambling College, a master's degree from Atlanta University, and a doctorate from Tulane University.[1]
He was married to Henri Belle Caldwell and had a son and daughter.[2]
Writings
edit- A social, economic, and political study of blacks in the Louisiana Delta, 1865-1880 by Joe Caldwell (1989)[3]
- A study of the development of William Edward Burghardt Du Bois' pan-African ideas (1969)
References
edit- ^ a b c "Joe Louis Caldwell, first African-American chairman of UNO history department, dies at 67". 12 March 2010.
- ^ "Joe Louis Caldwell, first African-American chairman of UNO history department, dies at 67". 12 March 2010.
- ^ Caldwell, Joe Louis (1989). "A Social, Economic, and Political Study of Blacks in the Louisiana Delta, 1865-1880".
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