Forrest G. Wood

Forrest G. Wood (1931-2019) was an American historian and professor emeritus of history at California State University, Bakersfield, specializing in the intersection of Christianity, race, emancipation, and Reconstruction.Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards,Legacy.com, Goodreads. His most notable works include Black Scare: The Racist Response to Emancipation and Reconstruction (1968) and The Arrogance of Faith: Christianity and Race in America from the Colonial Era to the Twentieth Century (1990), the latter winning the 1991 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for nonfiction.Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards,Goodreads, Kirkus Reviews.