#  John Stauffer 

Sumner R. and Marshall S. Kates Professor of English and of African and African American Studies

 

 

 



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He is the author or editor of 20 books and over 100 articles, which mostly focus on antislavery, social protest, or photography. *GIANTS: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln* was a national bestseller. *The Black Hearts of Men* was the co-winner of the Frederick Douglass Book Prize and the Lincoln Prize 2nd Place winner. *Picturing Frederick Douglass* was a Lincoln Prize finalist. His essays and reviews have appeared in *Time, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post*, Huffington Post, and in scholarly journals and books. He has been on national radio and TV, including *The Diane Rehm Show*, *Fresh Air*, and *Book TV*. He has served as a consultant for several films and exhibitions, including *Django Unchained, The Free State of Jones*, *The Abolitionists, and WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY*. And he has been a speaker and scholar for the U.S. State Department’s International Information Program. He lives in Cambridge with his wife, Deborah Cunningham, and their two sons, Erik and Nicholas. 

 

 

 





 

 

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