Devoted his life to the study of a very difficult problem.
John Uzo Ogbu, professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a path-breaking scholar in the fields of minority education and identity, died of a heart attack after undergoing back surgery on Wednesday (Aug. 20). He was 64.
| Continue Kathleen Maclay's UC Berkeley News press release "Anthropology professor John Ogbu dies at age 64"
Also see: Amarpreet Dhaliwal's Daily Cal obituary "Prominent Anthropology Professor Passes Away," Ogbu's UC Berkeley faculty Website and Susan Goldsmith's East Bay Express article "Rich, Black and Flunking"
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