Donald Yacovone
Donald Yacovone is an American researcher, writer and academic who primarily specializes in African American History.. In 2013, he co-authored with Henry Louis Gates Jr the book based on the PBS television series .Born on February 25, 1952, in Hartford, Connecticut, to Alfred F. and Mary E. Yacovone, Donald Yacovone earned his Bachelor of Science from Southern Connecticut State University in 1974. He went on to earn a Master of Arts from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1977 and then earned his Doctor of Philosophy from Claremont Graduate School in 1984.Career
In 2013, Yacovone co-authored with Henry Louis Gates Jr, a book of the television series hosted by Gates Jr. The book has been criticized by some for not dating back to pre-slavery times.
He is the research manager at Harvard University's W.E.B. Du Bois Institute and an associate at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. Yacovone has written for The Chronicle of Higher Education on the topic of racism through history in textbooks and in academia.
