Elliott Rudwick

Elliott M. Rudwick was a professor of Sociology and History as well as an author in the United States. He wrote about African Americans and their history including W. E. B. Du Bois. He corresponded with Du Bois. Rudwick worked with historian August Meier on several books. He also wrote about the East St. Louis massacre of 1917.

He graduated from Temple University and received a master's degree and doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the Kent State University faculty in 1968, Rudwick had taught at Southern Illinois University, Florida State University and the University of Tampa.

He was a Guggenheim Fellow. In 1967 he was interviewed about "Negro retaliatory violence".