Scott Ellsworth Biography

Professor at the University of Michigan and creator antiquarian Dr. Scott Ellsworth. Dr. Ellsworth conducts courses on the history of Black Americans in the South and on injustice and equality in modern American culture. In 1982, after preparing as a history student and participating in the Duke Oral History Program, he earned his Ph.D. Dr. John Hope Franklin and Dr. Ellsworth presented as the lead researchers for the Tulsa Race Riot Commission and have been actively involved in the ongoing legal efforts to secure compensation for revolt survivors. Dr. Ellsworth is the author of Death in a Promised Land, the only comprehensive history of the terrible Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 (LSU Press). Before joining the Smithsonian Institution, he worked as an antiquarian. He has written about American history for the New York Times, Washington Post, and other publications. He has also appeared on National Public Radio, The Today Show, The American Experience on PBS, the History Channel, and in film and literary works. His book The Hidden Game (Little Brown) was selected as one of the Top Ten Books of the Year by the Chicago Tribune and received a 2016 PEN Book Award.

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