Cynthia Stokes Brown
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Cynthia Stokes Brown (March 20, 1938 – October 15, 2017) was an American educator and historian.
Background
She earned her BA at
Sydney, Australia, Brown told the whole story from the Big Bang to the present in simple, non-academic language to convey our common humanity and our connection to every other part of the natural world. Teaching part-time after 2001, Brown pioneered the teaching of Big History at Dominican University of California
, where it is now a required course for every incoming freshman. She served as a founding board member of the International Big History Association (IBHA). Brown died of pancreatic cancer on October 15, 2017, at her home Berkeley, California, surrounded by family.
Brown was an
American Book Award recipient in 1987 for Ready From Within: Septima Clark and the Civil Rights Movement.[1][2]
Writings
- Big History, Small World: From the Big Bang to You. Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Publishing Group, 2017.
- Refusing Racism: White Allies and the Struggle for Civil Rights. New York: Teachers College Press, 2001.
- Connecting With the Past: History Workshop in Middle and High Schools. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1994.
- Like It Was: A Complete Guide to Writing Oral History. New York: Teachers and Writers Collaborative, 1988.
- Ready From Within: Septima Clark and the Civil Rights Movement. Navarro, CA: Wild Trees Press, 1986. (American Book Award, 1987); re-issued by Africa World Press, 1990.
- Literacy in 30 Hours: Paulo Freire's Process in Northeast Brazil. London: Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative, 1975.
- Article: "What Is a Civilization, Anyway?"
- Journey of the Universe
References
- ^ BOOK AWARDS TO BE GIVEN HERE FOR EXCELLENCE IN ETHNIC WORKS FOUNDATION TO HONOR 2 PHILA. MEN FOR "LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT", The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 14, 1987
- Washington Afro-American, June 9, 1987, p. 12.
