Stephen Ward is a historian who teaches in the RC Social Theory and Practice program (STP) as well as the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies (CAAS). His teaching and writing focus on two areas of recent American history. One is African American political thought and social movements, particularly the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s. The other area is the evolution of cities since World War II, with an emphasis on grassroots activism and community-based approaches to urban redevelopment. Much of his work focuses on the city of Detroit. He is completing a dual-biography of two long-time Detroit activists, James and Grace Lee Boggs, and he is a board member of the James and Grace Lee Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership (http://www.boggscenter.org/), a community-based organization in Detroit.
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