Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham | |
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Higginbotham with Henry Louis Gates Jr. | |
| Born | 1945 (age 79–80) Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin Howard University University of Rochester |
| Occupation | African American History Professor |
| Notable work | Righteous Discontent: The Women's Movement in the Black Baptist Church: 1880–1920 |
| Spouse | A. Leon Higginbotham (d. 1998) |
| Awards | National Humanities Medal |
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham (born 1945) is an American academic who is professor of Afro-American Studies, African American Religion and the Victor S. Thomas Professor of History and African American Studies at Harvard University. Higginbotham wrote Righteous Discontent: The Women's Movement in the Black Baptist Church: 1880–1920, which won several awards. She has also received several awards for her work, most notably the 2014 National Humanities Medal.