Gerald Horne
John and Rebecca Moores Professor (United States, African American)
546 Agnes Arnold Hall
(713) 743-3114
ghorne@mail.uh.edu

Dr. Horne holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies. His research has addressed issues of race in a variety of relations involving labor, politics, civil rights, and war. Dr. Horne received his Ph.D. in history from Columbia University and his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Teaching:
Dr. Horne’s undergraduate courses include the Civil Rights Movement and American History through Film. He also teaches graduate courses in Labor History and 20th Century African American History. Dr. Horne uses a variety of teaching techniques that enrich his classes and motivate students to participate.

Research:
Dr. Horne is the author of more than seventeen books and one hundred scholarly articles and reviews. His current research focuses on a variety of topics such as the U.S., Brazil and slavery; black labor at sea; the Communist Party in Hollywood; and Negro fascism.

Selected Publications:
Black & Brown: Africans and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920 (New York University Press, 2005).

Race War! White Supremacy & the Japanese Attack on the British Empire (New York University Press, 2003).

Powell v. Alabama: The Scottsboro Boys and American Justice (FranklinWatts, 1997).

Testaments of Courage: Selections from Men’s Slave Narratives (Franklin Watts, 1995).

Race for the Planet: the U.S. & the New World Order (Kendall-Hunt,
1994).

Black & Red: W.E.B. DuBois & the Afro-American Response to the Cold War, 1944-1963 (State University of New York Press, 1985).

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