Leon Litwack

Leon Frank Litwack was an American historian whose scholarship focused on slavery, the Reconstruction Era of the United States, and its aftermath into the 20th century. He won a National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize for History, and the Francis Parkman Prize for his 1979 book Been In the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery. He also received a Guggenheim Fellowship. ^{Leon Litwack, American historian and author (d. 2021)}

2 December 1929

Born on the same birth date (2 December 1929): Dan Jenkins

Born on the same birth day (2 December): Adolph Green • Arvo Askola • David Rivas • Eugene Jeter • Gary Sánchez • Gastón Ramírez • Graham Kavanagh • Joe Lo Truglio • John Cobb (racing driver) • John Dyegh • Masaaki Hatsumi • Razzle (musician) • Walenty Kłyszejko • Wynton Kelly

Born in the same month (December 1929): Axel Anderson • Bob Brookmeyer • Bob Hawke • Brian Redhead • Christine M. Jones • Christopher Plummer • David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry • David Doyle • Dick Weber • Don Sunderlage • Frank Springer • Gino Cimoli • John S. Dunne • Maarten Schmidt • Mies Bouwman • Nicholas Courtney • Peter May (cricketer) • Philippe Bouvard • Toshiko Akiyoshi • Victor Nosach • Şakir Eczacıbaşı