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Richard B. Pierce (born March 30, 1963) is an Associate Professor; Concurrent Associate Professor of American Studies, University of Notre Dame.

Research
Dr. Pierce is researching the processes by which African American families and institutions taught Jim Crow to their children in the United States during the time period 1895-1965. The resulting volume, tentatively titled, Teaching Jim Crow, will examine the methods and strategies African Americans employed to preserve self-esteem within a system designed to dehumanize. He is presently seeking interviews with parents, teachers, and community leaders who reared children during the Jim Crow segregation era to enrich his research.

Awards

 * Joan D. Kroc Institute for Peace Fellow (2002)
 * Carl E. Koch, Jr., Assistant Professor of History Chair (2000), a Ford Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for African American Urban Studies and the Economy (CAUSE) at Carnegie Mellon University (2000)
 * Member of the Indiana Delegation to Capitol Hill in support of the NEH (1998)
 * Indiana Historical Society board of directors (2004)

Publications

 * Polite Protest: The Political Economy of Race in Indianapolis, 1920-1970
 * USA Today: Being "Black-ish"