Matthew F. Delmont

Matthew F. Delmont is the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History at Dartmouth College. An expert on African American history and the history of civil rights, he is the author of:

• Until the Last Gun Is Silent: A Story of Patriotism, the Vietnam War, and the Fight to Save America’s Soul (Viking Books, 2026)
• Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad (Viking Books, 2022), which received the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
• Black Quotidian: Everyday History in African American Newspapers (Stanford University Press, 2019)
• Making Roots: A Nation Captivated (University of California Press, 2016)
• Why Busing Failed: Race, Media, and the National Resistance to School Desegregation (UC Press, 2016)
• The Nicest Kids in Town: American Bandstand, Rock ’n’ Roll, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in 1950s Philadelphia (UC Press, 2012)

His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and on NPR. Originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Delmont earned his BA from Harvard University and his MA and PhD from Brown University.