George M. Fredrickson

George M. Fredrickson (1934-2008) was an American historian and author renowned for his comparative studies of racism and white supremacy, particularly between the United States and South Africa. His most notable works include White Supremacy: A Comparative Study of American and South African History (1981), which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award and won the Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize and Merle Curti Award, and The Black Image in the White Mind (1971), which earned the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award.com, AHA