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May 10, 1932 Brooklyn, New York, United States Died on 26 Feb 2013 (aged 80)
American professor of urban geography and sociology
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About Donald R. Deskins Jr.
- Donald Richard Deskins Jr.
- (May 10, 1932 – February 26, 2013) was an American professor of urban geography and sociology and a former American football player.
- He was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1932 and attended Westbury High School.
- He served in the United States Marine Corps before enrolling at the University of Michigan in 1957.
- He received several degrees from the University of Michigan, including a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1960, a Master of Arts degree in 1963, and a Ph.D.
- in 1971.
- During his undergraduate study at Michigan, Deskins played college football as a tackle for the Michigan Wolverines football teams in 1958 and 1959.
- After receiving his bachelor's degree in 1960, he played professional football for the Oakland Raiders in their inaugural season in the American Football League.
- Deskins has published extensively.
- His works include: Letters to President Obama (2009), co-authored with Hanes Walton and Josephine A.
- V.
- Allen Presidential Elections, 1789-2008, co-authored with Hanes Walton and Sherman Puckett Residential mobility of Negroes in Detroit, 1837-1965 (1972) Negro settlement in Ann Arbor (1962) Interaction patterns and the spatial form of the ghetto (1970), co-authored with David Ward and Harold M.
- Rose Geographical literature on the American Negro, 1949-1968 (1969)
