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Foner was born in New York City, New York, the son of Jewish parents, Liza (née Kraitz), a high school art teacher, and historian Jack D. Foner, who was active in the trade union movement and the campaign for civil rights for African Americans.
Foner was born in New York City, New York, the son of Jewish parents, Liza (née Kraitz), a high school art teacher, and historian Jack D. Foner, who was active in the trade union movement and the campaign for American civil rights.
His parents, Liza Kraitz Foner, a painter and high school art teacher, and Jack D. Foner, a historian and freelance lecturer, convened a lively dinner table. Foner described his father as his “first great teacher.”
Dec 1, 2000 · His father and uncle, Jack and Philip Foner, were pioneers in labor and African American history and his other uncles and brother participated in the labor and civil rights movements. His mother, a high school art teacher, confronted Eric’s primary school principal about an illustration in his third-grade history text that showed happy slaves.
Jan 1, 2000 · Eric Foner was Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford a few years ago, when he was invited to take tea with Isaiah Berlin and told his little daughter that he was going to meet a famous philosopher. ‘What’s a philosopher?’ she asked.
Oct 5, 2023 · I grew up in Long Beach, but by 1968 had moved to the city. My parents, however, still lived there, and my outspoken mother arranged to see the city manager, a non-partisan administrator who exercised the authority normally enjoyed by an elected mayor.
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Jun 18, 2021 · Historian Eric Foner talks with student Karina Macosko about how he became one of the most influential historians of our time. He shares how growing up during the Civil Rights movement inspired him to study the history of anti-slavery, and eventually write his books about the civil war era.
