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Randall Lee Kryn is an American historian, writer, journalist, and biographer best known for his work with the Civil Rights Movement. Throughout his life in the Great Lakes region of the Midwestern U.S., he has also been involved in community organizing, politics, activism, and Wikipedia editing.

Early life and education
Kryn was born to mother Beatrice Kryn and father Chester North on October 12, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois. He was a student of Oak Park and River Forest High School, class of 1967. Thereafter, he studied in college, graduating with an A.A. at Morton College in 1970, and a B.S. in journalism at Northern Illinois University in 1973.

Community organizing and politics
In 1978, Kryn served as assistant public relations director for the Oak Park Festival; that same year, he also founded the Oak Park Center of Creativity and was its president until 1990. It has been a registered non-profit organization since 1980, and today has assets of more than $50 million. Kryn ran for Illinois Senate in 1982 as a Republican; meanwhile, in 1980–1983, he was a legislation aide to the representative in the 21st district Illinois General Assembly.

Historiography and writing
Kryn began writing and researching for William M. Young & Associates in 1977; since 1983, Kryn has undertaken extensive work chronicling pivotal aspects of the Civil Rights Movement (1954–1968) such as the Birmingham campaign, the Selma to Montgomery marches, the Chicago Freedom Movement, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). As chief biographer, he has also detailed the role of James Bevel as the movement's main strategist. Some of Kryn's work has been a collaborative effort with David Garrow.

Activism
On August 28, 1996, Kryn (then a Madison, Wisconsin resident) was detained by the Federal Protective Service while protesting in a demonstration at Kluczynski Federal Building in downtown Chicago. 10 others were arrested along with Kryn, including David Dellinger and Andrew Hoffman. Kryn was also an early activist for the preservation of Ray Bradbury's hometown records in Waukegan, Illinois and contributed his own work to the Waukegan Initiative.

Personal life and other endeavors
In 1992, Kryn founded Madison EarthSave. Kryn now resides in Columbus, Ohio, where he is registered to vote as a Democrat since 2008. He is a prolific Wikipedia editor, currently ranked #213 with more than 214,000 edits to his name; his most-edited article is Founding Fathers of the United States, and he attended the 2017 Wikimania (9-13 August) at the Le Centre Sheraton Hotel in Montreal, Canada among a total group size of 915.