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American novelist

Charles Eric Lincoln (June 23, 1924 – May 14, 2000) was an American scholar.^[1][2][3] He was the author of several books, including sociological works such as The Black Church Since Frazier (1974) and Race, Religion and the Continuing American Dilemma (1984), as well as fiction and poetry.

Biography

C. Eric Lincoln was born in Athens, Alabama, on June 23, 1924.^[1][2] He was abandoned by his father, then by his mother, and raised by his grandmother.^[1] He attended Trinity School in Athens, where he edited the school newspaper, the Campus Chronicle.^[4] At the age of 13, he picked cotton to support his family and to buy books for his studies.^[2] He graduated a valedictorian from high school.^[1][2][4] After studying and working in Chicago, he served in the U.S.

Navy from 1943 to 1945.^[1][2] He received a BA i The Black Church in the African American Experience VABI