Lawrence W. Levine

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Lawrence W. Levine


Born
in New York, NY, The United States
February 27, 1933

Died
October 23, 2006

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Lawrence William Levine was a celebrated American historian. He was born in Manhattan and died in Berkeley, California.

A model of the engaged scholar throughout his life, Levine lived both his scholarship and his politics. From the very outset, he immersed himself in the political life of Berkeley – in, for example, a sleep-in in the rotunda of the state capitol in Sacramento to press for fair housing legislation, and the sit-ins in Berkeley organized by CORE to force stores to hire black people.

He participated in the march from Selma to Montgomery, expressing his solidarity with the civil rights movement. During the Free Speech upheaval at Berkeley, he came to the defense of students protesting a ban on political activity on campus in sup
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“In fact, is the idea of a serious comparison of American musicals and opera really so outrageous?”
Lawrence W. Levine, Highbrow/Lowbrow: The Emergence of Cultural Hierarchy in America

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