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Vernon Burton

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    Clemson University

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    Orville Vernon Burton is the Matthew Perry Distinguished Chair of History at Clemson University. He is emeritus University Distinguished Teacher/Scholar at the University of Illinois. He earned his Ph.D. at Princeton. Burton is a prolific author on race relations and voting rights.  In My Father’s House Are Many Mansions (1985) broke new ground in the study of Black and white families.  Prize-winning The Age of Lincoln (2007) used Lincoln as a fulcrum to tell the story of 19th century America.

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