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About Richard Polenberg
- Richard Polenberg (born July 21, 1937) is an American historian. He received his BA from Brooklyn College and his PhD from Columbia University, the latter under the supervision of William E.
- Leuchtenburg.Polenberg taught history at Cornell University from 1966 to 2011, that is to say for 45 years.
- He has published several works during this period, the majority concerning the 20th century U.S.
- For Fighting Faiths: The Abrams Case, the Supreme Court, and Free Speech, published in 1989, he received two awards (the Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association and the Outstanding Book Award from the Gustavus Myers Foundation).
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