St. Clair Drake
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St. Clair Drake was an influential African American sociologist, anthropologist, and activist known for his pioneering studies of Black urban life and race relations, particularly in Chicago.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St. Clair Drake canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American
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activist ⓘ anthropologist ⓘ person ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
sociology of race
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urban sociology ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1911-01-27 ⓘ |
| coAuthorOf | Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith |
Horace Cayton
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surface form:
Horace R. Cayton Jr.
|
| deathDate | 1990-06-15 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
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surface form:
Hampton Institute
University of Chicago ⓘ |
| employer |
Dillard University
ⓘ
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute ⓘ
surface form:
Hampton Institute
Roosevelt University ⓘ Stanford University ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African American ⓘ |
| familyName | Drake ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
African American studies
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anthropology ⓘ race relations ⓘ sociology ⓘ urban studies ⓘ |
| fullName | John Gibbs St. Clair Drake ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | social science ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| knownFor |
activism in civil rights and anti-colonial movements
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pioneering studies of Black urban life in Chicago ⓘ research on race relations ⓘ scholarship on the African diaspora ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Pan-Africanism
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American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form:
civil rights movement
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| nationality |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| notableWork |
Black Folk Here and There
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Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City ⓘ |
| occupation | university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Suffolk, Virginia, United States
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surface form:
Suffolk, Virginia
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| placeOfDeath | Palo Alto, California ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Roosevelt University
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founding director of the Program in African and Afro-American Studies at Stanford University ⓘ |
| studied |
African independence movements
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Black urban communities ⓘ segregation in northern U.S. cities ⓘ |
| taughtAt |
Dillard University
ⓘ
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute ⓘ
surface form:
Hampton Institute
Roosevelt University ⓘ Stanford University ⓘ |
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