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Lawrence Goodwyn (Lawrence Corbett Goodwyn) was born on 16 July, 1928 in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, U.S., is an American writer and political theorist (1928–2013). Discover Lawrence Goodwyn's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

Popular As Lawrence Corbett Goodwyn
Occupation Journalist · editor · academic
Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 16 July 1928
Birthday 16 July
Birthplace Fort Huachuca, Arizona, U.S.
Date of death 29 September, 2013
Died Place Durham, North Carolina, U.S.
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1928

Lawrence Corbett Goodwyn (July 16, 1928 – September 29, 2013) was an American journalist and political theorist known for his study of American populism.

Goodwyn was born in 1928 at Fort Huachuca, a U.S. Army base in Arizona, where his father, a colonel, was then stationed.

He graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in English from Texas A&M University.

He later served in the U.S. Army in the Korean War and eventually ascended to the rank of captain.

After his military service, he completed a Ph.D at the University of Texas.

During his youth and education in Texas, he observed the systematic nature of white supremacy—an observation that motivated him to fight against racism through his academic career and political activism.

Before beginning his academic career, Goodwyn's career as an investigative journalist motivated him to get involved in political activism alongside African American, Latino, and white working class groups.

1960

During his time serving as an editor of the Texas Observer, he organized voters to advocate for the election of Democrats in the early 1960s, including his assistance in founding the Democratic Coalition.

Meanwhile, his reporting for the Texas Observer chronicled the local political activism.

1964

In 1964, Goodwyn toured the southern U.S. to document Black community organizing in the harrowing struggle for civil rights.

He began in the Mississippi Delta during the Mississippi Freedom Summer.

He continued documenting the movement in Montgomery, Alabama, and met James Bevel, a leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Then, he moved on to Saint Augustine, Florida, where ongoing civil rights organizing had gained national attention.

Through participant observation, Goodwyn witnessed the resilience of local Black activists despite white supremacist violence and presence in the local police force.

1965

His work in Saint Augustine culminated in his publication of a 1965 article in Harper's Magazine, titled "Anarchy in Saint Augustine," which documented the local struggle for civil rights.

1971

He served as a professor at Duke University from 1971 to 2003.

Goodwyn was best known for writing Democratic Promise: The Populist Moment in America, a book which chronicles the origins and rise of the People's Party.

Duke University hired Goodwyn as a professor in 1971.

There, he and his colleagues, William Chafe and Ray Gavins, created Duke's oral history program.

According to the New York Times, the program "employed many black graduate students, in part because Dr. Goodwyn insisted that whites should not have sole possession of Southern history."

Not only did Goodwyn teach his students anti-racism, but he heavily emphasized that he, as a white man, constituted "part of the problem of authority," radically owning his own privilege.

1976

In 1976, he published his most well-known work, Democratic Promise: The Populist Moment in America—a book read widely at universities across the U.S.

1977

The book was nominated for the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1977, and it achieved finalist status.

1978

An abridged version of Democratic Promise, titled The Populist Moment: A Short History of the Agrarian Revolt in America, was published in 1978.

The Populist Moment became a staple in university history seminars, labor organizing institutes and community activism efforts for years to come.

1991

His publications generally focused on the Southern United States, but in 1991 he published Breaking the Barrier: the Rise of Solidarity in Poland, a book that focused on a working class movement from another region: Poland's Solidarnosc movement.

2003

Goodwyn retired from Duke University in 2003.

Goodwyn and his wife, the former Nell DeReese, and had a daughter, Lauren, and a son, Wade, who was a journalist who worked largely for NPR.

2013

Goodwyn died from emphysema at his home in Durham, North Carolina, on September 29, 2013, at the age of 85.