ABOUT THE AUTHOR


Kenneth O'Reilly was born in New York City. After studying American history he received a Ph.D. from Marquette University. He is the author of several books, including Nixon’s Piano: Presidents and Racial Politics from Washington to Clinton, Racial Matters: The FBI’s Secret File on Black America,  Black Americans: The FBI File, and Hoover and the Un-Americans: The FBI, HUAC, and the Red Menace. Racial Matters was a New York Times notable book of the year.

He is emeritus professor of history at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, and now teaches at Milwaukee Area Technical College. He lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has received Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Research and Teaching, plus grants and fellowships from numerous institutes and foundations, including:

Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights

Fund for Investigative Journalism

John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

National Endowment for the Humanities

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute

Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation

American Philosophical Society