. . . . . . . . . "American academic" . . . "1928-01-22Z"^^ . . . "1928Z"^^ . . "2004Z"^^ . . "Edgar Allan Toppin"@en . . . . . . "Edgar Allan Toppin, Sr. (January 22, 1928 \u2013 December 8, 2004) was an African-American professor of history, and an author who specialized in Civil War, Reconstruction and African-American history. He spent the majority of his 40+ year teaching career at Virginia State University, and wrote ten books on the subjects of American and African-American history."@en . . . . "2004-12-08Z"^^ . "Toppin, Edgar"@en . .