Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz is an American historian, writer, professor, and activist based in San Francisco. Born in Texas, she grew up in Oklahoma and is a social justice and feminist activist. She has written numerous books including Blood on the Border: A Memoir of the Contra Years (2005), Red Dirt: Growing up Okie (1992), and An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (2014).
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- Born in
- San Antonio
- Educated at
- University of California, Los Angeles
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- 🏆 American Book Awards
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1938
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