Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Higginbotham with Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Born	1945 (age 78–79) Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin; Howard University; University of Rochester
Occupation	African American History Professor
Notable work	Righteous Discontent: The Women's Movement in the Black Baptist Church: 1880–1920
Spouse	A. Leon Higginbotham (d. 1998)
Awards	National Humanities Medal

Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham (born 1945) is an American academic who is professor of Afro-American Studies, African American Religion and the Victor S. Thomas Professor of History and African American Studies at Harvard University.^[1] Higginbotham wrote Righteous Discontent: The Women's Movement in the Black Baptist Church: 1880–1920, which won several awards. She has also received several awards for her work, most notably the 2014 National Humanities Medal.