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Randy W. Roberts

  • 150th Anniversary Professor and Distinguished Professor // History

Office and Contact

Room: BRNG 6172

Office hours:

  • 5:30 - 6:30 PM Tuesdays
  • By appointment

Email: rroberts@purdue.edu

Phone: (765) 496-2668

Fax: (765) 496-1755


Courses

Hist 152-1 United States since 1877 (49447)
Hist 302 Historical Topics: Race and Boxing: Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali (65936)

Ph.D. Louisiana State University, 1978

Specialization

U.S. History, Recent U.S. History, Sports History, History of Hollywood, Popular Culture, Presidential History

Randy Roberts Teacher of the Year (2006)

List of Publications

Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X book cover War Fever: Boston, Baseball, and America in the Shadow of the Great War book cover John Wayne: American book cover Rising Tide: Bear Bryant, Joe Namath, and Dixie's Last Quarter book cover Joe Louis: Hard Times Man book cover A Team for America: The Army-Navy Game That Rallied a Nation book cover A Line in the Sand: The Alamo in Blood and Memory book cover Papa Jack: Jack Johnson And The Era Of White Hopes book cover Jack Dempsey: The Manassa Mauler book cover Before the Curse: The Chicago Cubs' Glory Years, 1870-1945 book cover But They Can't Beat Us: Oscar Robertson and the Crispus Attucks Tigers book cover Ronald Reagan Treasures book cover American Experiences, Volume 2 (7th Edition) book cover The Steelers Reader book cover American Experiences: Reading in American History: to 1877 book cover One for the Thumb: The New Steelers Reader book cover Charles A. Lindbergh: The Power and Peril of Celebrity 1927 - 1941 book cover Pittsburg State University: A Photographic History of the First 100 Years book cover The Rock, the Curse, and the Hub: A Random History of Boston Sports book cover