# William Chafe

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American historian (born 1942)

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William Chafe Chafe at the 2012 Texas Book Festival Born William H. Chafe (1942-01-28) January 28, 1942 (age 84) Education Columbia University (PhD) Occupation Historian

**William H. Chafe** (/ˈtʃeɪf/; born January 28, 1942) is an American historian, and currently [Alice Mary Baldwin](/source/Alice_Mary_Baldwin) Professor Emeritus of History at [Duke University](/source/Duke_University) in [Durham, North Carolina](/source/Durham%2C_North_Carolina).

## Career

Professor Chafe received his [PhD](/source/PhD) from [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University) in 1971, and is the author of numerous notable [historical](/source/Historical) [texts](/source/Text_(literary_theory)) on [United States history](/source/United_States_history). Chafe's research interests focus on [gender](/source/Gender) and [racial equality](/source/Racial_equality). His publications include: *Bill and Hillary: The Politics of the Personal* (2012); *The Rise and Fall of the American Century: The United States from 1890 to 2008* (2008); *The Unfinished Journey: American Since World War II* ([Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press), 2006); *Private Lives/Public Consequences: Personality and Politics in Modern America* ([Harvard University Press](/source/Harvard_University_Press), 2005);*Never Stop Running* ([Princeton University Press](/source/Princeton_University_Press), 1998); *The Paradox of Change: American Women in the 20th Century* (Oxford University Press, 1991); *Civilities and Civil Rights: Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Black Struggle for Freedom* (Oxford University Press, 1981).[1]

*Civilities and Civil Rights: Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Black Struggle for Freedom* won The First Annual [Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights](/source/Robert_F._Kennedy_Center_for_Justice_and_Human_Rights) Book award given in 1981 to a novelist who "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes - his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity."[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["William H. Chafe - OHA Wiki"](http://www.oralhistory.org/wiki/index.php/William_H._Chafe). *Oralhistory.org*. 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2017-07-12.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Who We Are"](http://rfkhumanrights.org/who-we-are/awards/rfk-book-awards/).

## External links

- [Appearances](https://www.c-span.org/person/?34202) on [C-SPAN](/source/C-SPAN) - [*Booknotes* interview with Chafe on *Never Stop Running: Allard Lowenstein and the Struggle to Save American Liberalism*, January 30, 1994.](https://www.c-span.org/video/?54179-1/never-stop-running-allard-lowenstein)

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