Lawrence Powell

Professor & Executive Director, The National Center for the Urban Community

New Orleans
LA
US
Department of History
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Biography

Before his retirement, Lawrence Powell was the James H. Clark Endowed Chair in American Civilization. He specialized in Civil War and Reconstruction; Southern history; Louisiana history and politics; and the Holocaust. From 1998 to 2000 he was Director of Tulane's Campus Affiliates Program (CAP); from 2000 to 2005 he was Executive Director of the Tulane/Xavier National Center for the Urban Community.

Education

Yale University

Ph.D.
American Civil War and Reconstruction
1976

Yale University

M.Phil.
American History
1970

University of Maryland

B.A.
History
1967

Accomplishments

Provost Award for Research and Scholarly Achievement

2005

Tulane University

The Kemper and Leila Williams Book Prize

2000

Louisiana Historical Association

Lillian Smith Book Prize

2000

Southern Regional Council

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