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Gerald Early

Born April 21, 1952 (73 years)
Gerald Lyn Early is an American essayist and American culture critic, appearing and serving as a consultant on Ken Burns' documentary films Baseball, Jazz, Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, The War, and Muhammad Ali. Currently, Early is the Merle Kling Professor of Modern letters, of English, African studies, African-American studies, American culture studies, and Director, Center for Joint Projects in the Humanities and Social Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He is a regular commentator on National Public Radio's Fresh Air, and his essays have appeared in numerous editions of Best American Essays series. He writes on topics as diverse as American literature, the Korean War, African-American culture, Afro-American autobiography, non-fiction prose, baseball, jazz, prizefighting, Motown, Miles Davis, Muhammad Ali and Sammy Davis Jr.

Filmography

2023
The League · as Self - Cultural Critic
2021
King of Cool · as Self
2021
Muhammad Ali (TV Series) · as Self - Writer
2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool · as Self - Writer
2017
2016
Jackie Robinson (TV Series) · as Self
2011
Philadelphia: The Great Experiment (TV Series) · as Self
2010
Baseball: The Tenth Inning (TV Series) · as Self
2008
2005
Soul Deep (TV Series) · as Self
2004
2004
ESPN25: Who's #1? (TV Series) · as Self
2001
Jazz (TV Series) · as Self
1999
SportsCentury (TV Series) · as Self
1995
1994
Baseball (TV Series) · as Self

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