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Julius was born in St. Louis, Missouri
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Lester and his family moved to Kansas City, Kansas
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Faust was born in New York, New York, but grew up in the Shenendoah Valley of Virginia
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Lester and his family moved to Nashville, Tennesse during this time
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He graduated from Fisk University with his Bachelor of Arts and English Degree
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Lester moved to New York City, New York during this time
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Julius married Joan Steinau, and was married to her for 9 years
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He became politically active in the Civil Rights struggle. He joined the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). This was a group that assumed a more militant stance to fight racism. As head of their photo department, he traved to North Vietnam during the Vietnam War to document the effects of U.S. bombing missions.
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Faust graduated from Concord Massachusetts Academy during this time
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Lester had a daughter with the name of Jody Simone in 1965
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Lester had a son with the name of Malcolm Coltrane in 1967
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Faust received her Bachelor's Degree from Bryn Mawr in 1968, with honors in History.
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Lester taught Afro-American History at the New School for Social Research in New York.
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Lester published his book "To Be A Slave" in 1969.
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Lester published his book "Black Folktales" in 1969.
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Lester and his wife Joan Steinau divorce in 1970.
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Faust received her Master's Degree in 1971 with honors in History.
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Julius received his Master of Arts Degree from the University of Massachusetts in 1971.
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Julius taught for 32 years at the University of Massachusetts Amherst from 1971-2003.
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Faust receieved her Doctoral Degree in the field of American Civilization from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975.
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Faust married Charles Rosenberg, who is now a Professor of History and Science, in 1980.
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Lester became a Professor of Judaic study in 1988.
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Faust wrote Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War in 1997.
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Her book Mother's of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War won the Francis Parkman prize in 1999.
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Prior to becoming a dean, Faust was the Annenberg Professor of History, and director of the Women's Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Faust was the founding dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study in 2001.
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Faust became the first woman president of Harvard University in 2007.
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Faust published her book "This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War in 2008.
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Faust's book "This Repbulic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War was a finalist for the Pulitzer prize in 2008.
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Faust's book "This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War won the National Book Award in 2009.
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Faust now lives in Cambridge, England with her husband.