Benjamin Arthur Quarles | |
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| Born | January 23, 1904 Boston, Massachusetts. U.S. |
| Died | November 16, 1996 (aged 92) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Occupation | History professor |
| Education | B.A., M.A., PhD |
| Alma mater | Shaw University University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Notable works | The Negro in the Making of America |
| Notable awards | Rosenwald Fellowship (1938, 1945), Carnegie Corporation Advancement Teaching Fellowship (1944), Social Science Research Council Fellowship (1957), Guggenheim Fellowship (1959), Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History Lifetime Achievement Award (1996) |
| Spouse | Vera Bullock (1951) Ruth Brett (1996) |
| Children | Pamela Quarles Roberta Quarles |
Benjamin Arthur Quarles (January 23, 1904 – November 16, 1996) was an American historian, administrator, educator, and writer, whose scholarship centered on black American social and political history. Major books by Quarles include The Negro in the Civil War (1953), The Negro in the American Revolution (1961), Lincoln and the Negro (1962), and Black Abolitionists (1969). He demonstrated that blacks were active participants in major conflicts and issues of American history. His books were narrative accounts of critical wartime periods that focused on how blacks interacted with their white allies and emphasized blacks' acting as vital agents of change rather than receiving favors from whites.[1]