Mullings, Leith

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Summary: Leith Patricia Mullings was a Jamaican-born author, anthropologist and professor. She was president of the American Anthropological Association from 2011–2013, and was a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Mullings was involved in organizing for progressive social justice, racial equality and economic justice as one of the founding members of the Black Radical Congress and in her role as President of the AAA. Under her leadership, the American Anthropological Association took up the issue of academic labor rights. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Unknown [1]; Female [2][4][5]; Male [3]
Born: 1945-04-08 [2][5]
Birth Place: Mandeville [2][5]
Died: 2020-12-13 [2][5]
Country: United States [2]
Language: English [3]
Occupation: anthropologist [5]; university teacher [5]; academic [5]
Employer: City University of New York [5]; Yale University [5]; Columbia University [5]
Educated at: Cornell University [5]; Queens College [5]; University of Chicago [5]
Country of Education: United States [5]
Yale LUX: Entity [5]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. National Library of Korea; 5. Wikidata

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