Merline Pitre | |
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| Born | April 10, 1943 Opelousas, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Temple University |
| Thesis | Frederick Douglass : a party loyalist, 1870-1895 (1976) |
Merline Pitre (born April 10, 1943) is an American historian and educator. She is a professor of history at Texas Southern University and previously served as president of the Texas State Historical Association in 2011 and 2012.