Martha Biondi
{{Short description|American historian}}
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| awards = Wesley Logan Prize (2013)
Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award (2004)
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}}Martha Biondi is an American historian. She is the Lorraine H. Morton Professor of African American Studies and Professor of History at Northwestern University.{{Cite web |title=Martha Biondi: Department of African American Studies - Northwestern University |url=https://afam.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/martha-biondi.html |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=afam.northwestern.edu |language=en}}
Biography
Biondi was raised in Connecticut.{{Cite web |last=Price |first=Dawn |date=2009-03-05 |title=New faces among black studies scholars |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-mar-05-na-black-studies5-story.html |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} She received her B.A. from Barnard College, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. Her specialization is 20th-century African American history with a focus on social movements.{{Cite web |title=Martha Biondi: Department of History - Northwestern University |url=https://history.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/affiliated-faculty/martha-biondi.html |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=history.northwestern.edu |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-05-16 |title=The History of Black Studies |url=https://nonprofitquarterly.org/the-history-of-black-studies/ |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=Non Profit News {{!}} Nonprofit Quarterly |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=10 things you might not know about college |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-college-phyllis-wise-henry-ford-al-gore-perspec-0830-20150828-story.html |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=Chicago Tribune|date=28 August 2015 }} She served as chair of Northwestern University's African American studies department.{{Cite news |last=Bosman |first=Julie |date=2015-04-03 |title=Candidate for Chicago Mayor Struggles to Unite Latinos and Blacks |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/04/us/candidate-for-chicago-mayor-struggles-to-unite-latinos-and-blacks.html |access-date=2022-05-30 |issn=0362-4331}}
Biondi won the Wesley Logan Prize from the American Historical Association and the Association for the Study of African American Life for her book, The Black Revolution on Campus (2014), which documented the history of black student activism in American campuses.{{Cite web |date=2013-09-09 |title=Black Students, Black Studies, and the Transformation of Higher Education |url=https://www.aaup.org/article/black-students-black-studies-and-transformation-higher-education |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=AAUP |language=en}} She also received a 2004 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award for her book, To Stand and Fight: the Struggle for Civil Rights in Postwar New York City (2003).
She was the partner of James Thindwa until his death.{{Cite web |title=R.I.P. James Thindwa, Friend and Comrade |url=https://inthesetimes.com/article/james-thindwa-in-these-times-organizer-worker-comrade |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=In These Times |date=23 January 2020 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=James Thindwa Obituary (2020) Chicago Sun-Times |url=https://legacy.suntimes.com/us/obituaries/chicagosuntimes/name/james-thindwa-obituary?id=17032371 |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=Legacy.com}}