Dr. Kerry Pimblott

Biography

Kerry Pimblott is a Senior Lecturer in International History at the University of Manchester, specializing in modern U.S. history with broad interests in urban history, labor, working-class history, theology, religious history, and African diaspora studies. His teaching and scholarship focus on social movements and economic racial justice, utilizing community-based research methods to examine the interplay of race, class, and the political economy of radical activism. Pimblott previously served as an Assistant Professor in African American & Diaspora Studies and History at the University of Wyoming. He earned a B.A. in American Studies from Kings College London and completed his PhD in History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His notable book, 'Faith Black Power: Religion, Race, Resistance in Cairo, Illinois', published by the University of Kentucky Press in 2017, investigates the relationship between the Black church and the Black Power Movement during the late 1960s and 1970s. His current research explores the global dimensions of Black Power and the role of activist travel in shaping radical thought networks. Pimblott is also engaged in co-investigating an Arts & Humanities Research Council grant on Black Power in the UK.

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