What is Leon Litwack?
'''Leon Frank Litwack''' (December 2, 1929 – August 5, 2021) was an American historian. His works focused on [[slavery]] and the [[Reconstruction era|Reconstruction Era of the United States]]. He won a [[National Book Award]] and the [[Pulitzer Prize for History]]. His best known written work was the 1979 book ''[[Been In the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery]]''. Litwack was born in [[Santa Barbara, California]]. Litwack died on August 5, 2021 in [[Berkeley, California]] of [[bladder cancer]], aged 91.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Risen |first1=Clay |title=Leon Litwack, 91, Dies; Changed How Scholars Portray Black History |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/us/leon-litwack-dead.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=Obituaries |access-date=12 August 2021 |agency=New York Times |publisher=New York Times Co. |date=12 August 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Litwack, Leon F.}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from bladder cancer]] [[Category:American historians]] [[Category:Writers from Berkeley, California]] [[Category:Writers from Santa Barbara, California]] [[Category:Pulitzer Prize winners]] {{US-bio-stub}}