Aram Goudsouzian

Aram Goudsouzian is the Bizot Family Professor of History at the University of Memphis. He grew up in Winchester, Massachusetts. He earned his B.A. from Colby College and his Ph.D. from Purdue University. He is the author of "The Men and the Moment: The Election of 1968 and the Rise of Partisan Politics in America," "Down to the Crossroads: Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Meredith March Against Fear," "King of the Court: Bill Russell and the Basketball Revolution," "The Hurricane of 1938," and "Sidney Poitier: Man, Actor, Icon." He is also the editor of Karnig Panian's "Goodbye Antoura: A Memoir of the Armenian Genocide" and the co-editor, with Charles McKinney, of the essay collection "An Unseen Light: Black Struggles for Freedom in Memphis, Tennessee."