Russell J. Rickford | |
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Born | 1975 ![]() |
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Website | https://history.cornell.edu/russell-rickford ![]() |
Russell John Rickford (born c. 1975[1]) is an American scholar and activist who is an associate professor in the History Department at Cornell University. He has written the only in-depth biography on Betty Shabazz, the wife of Malcolm X.
Rickford's research focuses on the black radical tradition and on black liberal culture after World War II. He lectures on American social and political history, among other subjects.[2]