Merle Black

P. Merle Black (born 1942) is the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Political Science at Emory University. He is a frequent media source on Southern politics,^[1][2] as is his twin brother, Earl Black, a professor at Rice University. The two brothers are sometime co-authors, and have written several important books about politics in the Southern US, including Politics and Society in the South. Black was President of the Southern Political Science Association, 2002-2003.^[3]

Black has a bachelors degree from Harvard University and a masters degree and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

Notes

1. ^ example "Obama's racial problems transcend Wright". The Politico. March 18, 2008. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9111.html. Retrieved 2008-03-18. 
2. ^ Articles quoting MB at USA Today.
3. ^ http://polisci.emory.edu/Curriculum%20Vita/black%20vita%20web%200707.pdf

External links

• Faculty bio

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