In “The Stained Glass Window,” David Levering Lewis delves into his ancestry to create a fuller picture of his family and its place in American history.

At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family line, and he takes readers along on the journey.

David Levering Lewis is arguably the most decorated African-American historian. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes for his magisterial two-volume biography of W.E. B. Du Bois, a 15-year project.

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David Levering Lewis talked about his life, his career, and his body of writing. He responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Two video clips were shown of Professor Lewis giving a tour of ...

David Levering Lewis Credit: Kasten Searles. My cousin Janet Perkins, a preternaturally youthful and glamorous member of that little-red-glasses brigade recently satirized on “Saturday Night ...

David Levering Lewis, emeritus professor of history at NYU, has written nine books and has received the Pulitzer, Bancroft, and Parkman prizes. Historians of Color Are Revolutionizing the ...

David Levering Lewis is one of the leading historians of our time. The Julius Silver University Professor and professor of history at New York University, he is the author of seven books and the ...

DAVID LEVERING LEWIS: Well, because I hope to see the second Pulitzer. There was another 50 years of his life, roughly, to tell. I stopped volume one in 1919, as you indicate, at the end of World ...

David Levering Lewis talked about his life, his career, and his body of writing. He responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Two video clips were shown of Professor Lewis giving a tour of ...