Biography

Born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, Peter F. Lau earned his doctorate in history from Rutgers University in 2002.  He is the author of two books, From the Grassroots to the Supreme Court: Brown v. Board of Education and American Democracy (Durham: Duke University Press, 2004) and Democracy Rising: South Carolina and the Fight for Black Equality since 1865 (Lexington: The University of Kentucky Press, 2006).  In addition to teaching "Freedom Dreams: A History of African American Thought" at  Rhode Island School of Design, he is dean of students at The Wheeler School in Providence, Rhode Island, where he teaches history and coaches tennis. He lives with his family just outside of Providence in Rumford.

Peter Lau

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plau@risd.edu
401-454-6572

• BA, University of Virginia
• MA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• PHD, Rutgers University

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