Gerald Early

Actor
BirthdayApr 21, 1952 (73 years old)
Place of birthPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
GenderMale

Gerald Lyn Early is an American essayist and American culture critic, appearing and serving as a consultant on Ken Burns' documentary films Baseball, Jazz, Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, The War, and Muhammad Ali. Currently, Early is the Merle Kling Professor of Modern letters, of English, African studies, African-American studies, American culture studies, and Director, Center for Joint Projects in the Humanities and Social Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He is a regular commentator on National Public Radio's Fresh Air, and his essays have appeared in numerous editions of Best American Essays series. He writes on topics as diverse as American literature, the Korean War, African-American culture, Afro-American autobiography, non-fiction prose, baseball, jazz, prizefighting, Motown, Miles Davis, Muhammad Ali and Sammy Davis Jr.

Known for

Self - Writer

Aug 23, 2019

Self

Sep 18, 1994

Self

Nov 14, 2021

Self

Apr 11, 2016

Self - Writer / Historian

Feb 12, 1996

Self

Sep 28, 2010

Self - Writer

Aug 23, 2019

Self

Sep 18, 1994

Self

Nov 14, 2021

Self

Apr 11, 2016

Self - Writer / Historian

Feb 12, 1996

Acting


Participated in 4 movies, 3 TV series

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