Adriane D. Lentz-Smith

Associate Professor of History

adriane.lentz-smith@duke.edu

Box 90719, Durham, NC 27708-0719

Dept of History, Classroom Bldg, Box 90719, Durham, NC 27708-0719

Office hours By appointment

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My current interest is in Black freedom struggles and state power in the 1980s, with a special focus on Reagan-era California.

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The Slow Death of Sagon Penn: State Violence and the Twilight of Civil Rights

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Humanities Center · 2020 - 2021

Voting Rights and the Expansion of Democracy in America: Who Made Possible One Person, One Vote

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Endowment for the Humanities · 2017 - 2020

Challenging the Master Narrative of the Civil Rights Movement

Public ServiceScholar · Awarded by National Endowment for the Humanities · 2017 - 2019