Title

Oral History: Curvin, Robert, 1991

Interviewee

Curvin, Robert

Birth Year

1934

Birth Place

New Jersey - Belleville

Rutgers Graduating Class

1960

Interviewer

Cohen, Gilbert

Location of Interview

Newark, NJ

Date Created

30 November 1991

Description

Robert Curvin, a retired U.S Army 1st Lieutenant, completed his undergraduate degree at Rutgers-Newark in 1960. He later went on to obtain a master's degree at Rutgers University School of Social Work and a Ph.D. in political science at Princeton University in 1975. At Rutgers-Newark, Curvin served as an Adjunct Professor in the political science department and served as a faculty advisor to the Black Organization of Students (BOS).

Audio

https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3G15XS5

Related Resource

Inventory to the Records of the Black Organization of Students (B.O.S.) at Rutgers-Newark, 1967-1973 (RG N2/02), Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries

Robert Curvin, Scholar Who Fought Bias and Poverty in Newark, Dies at 81 (New York Times, 2015-09-30)

Mourning An Alumnus, Scholar, Activist, Educator and Advocate for the Poor (Rutgers University-Newark News, 2015-09-29)

Robert Curvin (Wikipedia)

Dr. Robert Curvin (Rutgers African-American Alumni Alliance Hall of Fame)

Subject

Rutgers University-Newark

Rutgers Alumni

Rutgers Faculty

Black Organization of Students (BOS)

School of Social Work

Professors

Military

NAACP

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

Conklin Hall

Collection

Rutgers-Newark in the 1960s and 1970s Oral History Collection (R-MC 024)

Repository

Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries

Rights

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Identifier

SCUA-RNOH-Curvin