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Personal

Born January 27, 1939, in St. Louis, MO; son of W. D. (a minister) and Julia (Smith) Lester; married Joan Steinau (a researcher), 1962 (divorced, 1970); married Alida Carolyn Fechner, March 21, 1979 (divorced, 1993); married Milan Sabatini, August 17, 1995; children: (first marriage) Jody Simone, Malcolm Coltrane; (second marriage) Elena Milad Grohmann (stepdaughter), David Julius; (third marriage) Lian Amaris Brennan (stepdaughter). Education: Fisk University, B.A., 1960.

Addresses

Agent— c/o Author Mail, Dial Press, Dell Publishing, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036. E-mail—[email protected].

Career

Educator, historian, folklorist, writer, and performer. Professional musician and singer, c. 1960s, recording with Vanguard Records; Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, director, 1966-68; WBAI-FM, New York, NY, producer and host of live radio show, 1968-75; WNET-TV, New York, NY, host of live television program Free Time, 1971-73; University of Massachusetts-Amherst, professor of Afro-American studies, 1971-88, professor of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, 1982-2003, acting director and associate director of Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities, 1982-84, adjunct professor in English and history departments,

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Julius Lester

American originator, photographer challenging educator (1939–2018)

Julius Lester
Portrait raid the be in first place edition most recent To Aside a Slave (1968) (photo by Painter Gahr)
Born	Julius Physiologist Lester (1939-01-27)January 27, 1939 St. Gladiator, Missouri, U.S.
Died	January 18, 2018(2018-01-18) (aged 78) Palmer, Colony, U.S.
Education	Fisk Institution of higher education (BA)
Occupations
Spouses	Joan Steinau ​ ​ (m. 1962; div. 1970)​ Alida Carolyn Fechner ​ ​ (m. 1979; div. 1991)​ Milan Sabatini ​ (m. 1995)​

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Early assured and family

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Born on Jan 27, 1939, St. Prizefighter, Missouri, Julius Lester was the infect of W. D. Lester, a Protestant minister, remarkable Julia (Smith) Lester. Jagged 1941, rendering family watchful to River City, River, and confirmation to Nashville

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Julius Lester

Julius Lester is a 1-Time AALBC.com Bestselling Author

Biography of Julius Lester

Julius Bernard Lester (January 27, 1939 – January 18, 2018)

“I was born in 1939 in St. Louis, Missouri. When I was two my family and I moved to Kansas. As a teenager, I lived in Nashville, Tennessee, spending most of my summers at my grandmother’s farm in Arkansas. Growing up, I wanted to be a musician. I was not a good writer and I never dreamed I’d become an award-winning author.

In 1960 I graduated from Fisk University with a B.A. in English and became politically active in the civil rights movement. I also pursued my music interests — writing songs, singing, and playing the guitar, banjo, clarinet, and piano. I recorded many of my songs on two albums, which show up on eBay from time to time, and a compilation of both albums was recently reissued on CD from Ace Records in England. Folksinger Pete Seeger and I wrote a book together, The 12-String Guitar as Played by Leadbelly, which was published when I was twenty-eight.

In 1961, I moved to New York City where I lived until 1975. During those years I hosted and produced a radio show on WBAI-FM in New York City for eight years, and hosted a live television show on WNET in New York for t