Clarence Lusane | |
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 Clarence Lusane in 2012 | |
| Born | 1953 (age 71–72) |
| Alma mater | Howard University (Ph.D.) |
| Known for | The Black History of the White House Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice:Foreign Policy, Race, and the New American Century |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | International race politics Jazz influence oninternational relations |
| Institutions | American University |
| Thesis | “The Interaction and Collaboration Between Black Interest Groups and Black Congressmembers in the 103rd Congress |
| Website | http://clarencelusane.blogspot.com |
Clarence Lusane (born 1953) is an American author, activist, lecturer and freelance journalist. His most recent major work is his bookThe Black History of the White House.[1]
Clarence Lusane received his Ph.D. inpolitical science fromHoward University in 1997.[2] For more than 30 years, Lusane has written about and been active in national and international anti-racism politics, globalization, U.S. foreign policy, human rights and social issues such as education and drug policy.[3]
Lusane is the former editor of the journal Black Political Agenda, and has edited newsletters for a number of national non-profit organizations. He is a national columnist for the Black Voices syndicated news network, and his writings have appeared inThe Black Scholar,Race & Class,The Washington Post,Oakland Tribune,CovertAction Quarterly,Z Communications,Radical History Journal and many other publications.[3]
Lusane is the former chairman of the board of the National Alliance of Third World Journalists.[3] As a journalist, he has traveled to numerous countries to investigate the political and social circumstances or crises faced by those nations. Various nations that he has reported on includeCuba,Egypt,Mexico,Jamaica, theNetherlands,North Korea,Italy, andSouth Africa.[3]
Lusane is an associate professor of political science atAmerican University's School of International Service, where he teaches courses in comparative race relations, modern social movements, comparative politics ofAfrica, theCaribbean andEurope, black political theory and political behavior, international drug politics, andjazz and international relations.[3] Lusane has lectured at numerous universities nationwide, includingHarvard University,Georgetown University,George Washington University, theUniversity of California, Berkeley, theUniversity of Chicago andYale University, among others. He has also lectured on US race relations in numerous foreign nations, includingColombia,Cuba,England,France,Germany,Guadeloupe,Haiti,Japan, theNetherlands,Panama,Switzerland, andZimbabwe.[3]
Lusane's current research interests are in international race politics,human rights, andelectoral politics. He is currently conducting research on the intersection of jazz and international relations. This work examines how jazz has been politically and ideologically appropriated by a wide range of social groups in the international community.[4]
For nearly 20 years, Lusane has won research and writing awards. His essay, “Rhapsodic Aspirations: Rap, Race, and Power Politics,” won the 1993Larry Neal Writers’ Competition Grand Prize for Art Criticism. In 1983, his article, “Israeli Arms to Central America,” won the prestigiousProject Censored Investigative Reporting Award as the most censored story of the year.[3]In 2001-2002, he received the prestigiousBritish Council Atlantic Fellowship in Public Policy where he investigated the impact of regional anti-racism legislation on the anti-racist movement in the UK.[3]
