Philip Dray is an American writer and historian, known for his comprehensive analyses of American scientific, racial, and labor history.
Awards
Dray's work
At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America (by
Random House) won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award.
He was a finalist in 2003 for a
Pulitzer Prize in history.
Books
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A Lynching at Port Jervis: Race and Reckoning in the Gilded Age. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.
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There Is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America. Doubleday, 2010.
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Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen. Mariner Books, 2010.
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Stealing God's Thunder: Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America. Random House, 2005.
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At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America. Modern Library, 2003.
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. Macmillan, 1989.
Children's books
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Philip Dray. Yours for Justice, Ida B. Wells: The Daring Life of a Crusading Journalist. Illustrated by Stephen Alcorn. Peachtree, 2008.
External links
Independent reviews
At the Hands of Persons Unknown
Power in a Union
Stealing God's Thunder
Capitol men
Interviews
