Frank A. Guridy

Biography

Frank Andre Guridy holds the Dr. Kenneth and Kareitha Forde Professorship of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Columbia University. He is also a Professor of History and the Executive Director of the Eric H. Holder Initiative for Civil and Political Rights at Columbia. Guridy holds a Ph.D. from University of Michigan, an M.A. from the University of Illinois, and a B.A. from Syracuse University. His research spans sport history, urban history, and the history of American social movements. His fellowships include the Scholar in Residence Fellowship at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the Ray A. Billington Professorship in American History at Occidental College and the Huntington Library. His book publications include: The Sports Revolution: How Texas Changed the Culture of American Athletics (University of Texas Press, 2021), Forging Diaspora: Afro-Cubans and African Americans in a World of Empire and Jim Crow (The University of North Carolina Press, 2010), Beyond El Barrio: Everyday Life in Latina/o America (NYU Press, 2010) and The Stadium: An American History of Politics, Protest, and Play (Basic Books, 2024).