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[[File:JanuaryThunderPipe.jpg|thumb|right|200px|JanuaryThunder pictured with his favorite pipe, which he received from the chief of a Miskito Indian tribe while doing a speaking tour in Nicaragua in 1962.]] | [[File:JanuaryThunderPipe.jpg|thumb|right|200px|JanuaryThunder pictured with his favorite pipe, which he received from the chief of a Miskito Indian tribe while doing a speaking tour in Nicaragua in 1962.]] | ||
[[File:JanuaryThunderWhiteHouse.jpg|thumb|left|200px|JanuaryThunder speaking with US President Jimmy Carter and US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski.]] | [[File:JanuaryThunderWhiteHouse.jpg|thumb|left|200px|JanuaryThunder speaking with US President Jimmy Carter and US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski.]] | ||
'''''JanuaryThunder''' is a former associate professor of sociology at Princeton University and author of several books on popular culture and demography. Outside of academia, he is also a prominent activist and speaker.'' | '''''Jonathan "JanuaryThunder" Townley''' is a former associate professor of sociology at Princeton University and author of several books on popular culture and demography. Outside of academia, he is also a prominent activist and speaker.'' | ||
''He has been described by his colleagues as "an unrepentant scholar", "a beacon of wisdom and hope", and "perhaps the greatest living genius of our time".'' | ''He has been described by his colleagues as "an unrepentant scholar", "a beacon of wisdom and hope", and "perhaps the greatest living genius of our time".'' | ||
''According to the Carnegie Institution for Science, his Intelligence Quotient has been estimated to be as high as 187. Despite this, he has rejected several offers from Mensa International and International Society for Philosophical Enquiry, calling them "bastions of elitism".'' | ''According to the Carnegie Institution for Science, his Intelligence Quotient has been estimated to be as high as 187. Despite this, he has rejected several offers from Mensa International and International Society for Philosophical Enquiry, calling them "bastions of elitism".'' | ||
Revision as of 12:39, June 27, 2011
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A jubilant JanuaryThunder, photographed after being nominated for the Marcus Garvey Prize for Human Rights in 1964. JanuaryThunder is the third-youngest recipient of the prestigious MGPfHR as of May 13, 2011.
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JanuaryThunder with close friend and civil rights activist Michael Brooks in Michigan during the 1968 Shout Out! Rally Against Racism tour. Michael Brooks tragically died of arterial thrombosis on June 7, 2009 at the age of 82.
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JanuaryThunder and his wife celebrating their twelfth anniversary at the Emerald Lake Lodge in California in 1975.
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JanuaryThunder being interviewed on Bill Moyers Journal in 1980 about Ronald Reagan's recent electoral landslide and demographic shifts in urban and rural communities.
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JanuaryThunder pictured with his favorite pipe, which he received from the chief of a Miskito Indian tribe while doing a speaking tour in Nicaragua in 1962.
File:JanuaryThunderWhiteHouse.jpg
JanuaryThunder speaking with US President Jimmy Carter and US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski.
Jonathan "JanuaryThunder" Townley is a former associate professor of sociology at Princeton University and author of several books on popular culture and demography. Outside of academia, he is also a prominent activist and speaker.
He has been described by his colleagues as "an unrepentant scholar", "a beacon of wisdom and hope", and "perhaps the greatest living genius of our time".
According to the Carnegie Institution for Science, his Intelligence Quotient has been estimated to be as high as 187. Despite this, he has rejected several offers from Mensa International and International Society for Philosophical Enquiry, calling them "bastions of elitism".
