John Henrik Clarke
Historian, Author
1915 – 1998
Who was John Henrik Clarke?
John Henrik Clarke, was a Pan-Africanist American-African writer, historian, professor, and a pioneer in the creation of Africana studies and professional institutions in academia starting in the late 1960s.
He was Professor of African World History and in 1969 founding chairman of the Department of Black and Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College of the City University of New York. He also was the Carter G. Woodson Distinguished Visiting Professor of African History at Cornell University’s Africana Studies and Research Center. In 1968 along with the Black Caucus of the African Studies Association, Clarke founded the African Heritage Studies Association.
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- Born
- Jan 1, 1915
Union Springs - Also known as
- John H. Clarke
- John Henry Clark
- Dr. John Henrik Clarke
- Parents
- Spouses
- Eugenia Evans
- Sybille Williams
( - 1998/07/16)
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- New York University
- Columbia University
- California Miramar University
- Lived in
- Columbus
- Died
- Jul 16, 1998
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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