User:Lal2010/Lester Africanus Lee

Lester Africanus Lee was born on August 30, 1949 in Boston, Massachusetts. An African American Christian, he was baptized on April 12, 1964 at Western Avenue Baptist Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He attended the Cambridge Public Schools, graduating from Cambridge High Latin School in June, 1967. He received his undergraduate degree from Antioch College in 1972 and hold graduate degrees from Johns Hopkins University (1975) and Harvard University (1976). He was elected a Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society in 2005. A member of the World History Association, the Igbo Studies Association, the Nineteenth Century Studies Association, he specializes in African History, African American History, Atlantic History, British History and World History.