found: Institute for Signifying Scripture, ISS Advisory Board members Web site, Oct. 10, 2006(Charles H. Long; University of Chicago, Ph. D., 1962 (History of religions); 1992-1996 professor, history of religion, Department of Religious Studies, and Director, Center for Black Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara; retired, September, 1996; books: Myth, culture, and history in West Africa , Ph. D. dissertation, University of Chicago, 1960; Alpha, the myths of creation, 1963)
found: Biog. resource center (Dir. of Amer. scholars), Oct. 10, 2006(Charles H. Long; also known as Charles Houston Long; b. Aug. 23, 1926, Little Rock, Ark.; Univ of Chicago, Ph. D. 1962; Univ of CA, Santa Barbara, dir of res ctr for black studies, 1991-96)