David Blight
David Blight is a prominent American historian specializing in the Civil War and Reconstruction eras, known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Frederick Douglass. He serves as the director of the Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University and recently led a major project examining Yale's historical connections to slavery, producing a significant narrative history that emphasizes the university's complex past.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning Yale Professor David Blight announced he would debate Heritage Foundation's president Kevin Roberts.
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United States· 2025-10-15
David Blight is a professor of American history at Yale University and an author of several award-winning books on the Civil War and slavery.
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Denmark· 2025-09-17David Blight expressed his appalled reaction to Trump's executive order regarding the Smithsonian.
‘It reminds you of a fascist state’: Smithsonian Institution braces for Trump rewrite of US history | Trump administration
United Kingdom· 2025-03-30
David Blight is a Yale historian who won a Pulitzer prize for his biography of Frederick Douglass and led the Yale and Slavery Project.
‘Let’s dig into the archives and tell the truth’: interrogating Yale’s connections to slavery | History booksUnited Kingdom· 2025-03-04
