John Henrik Clarke

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John Henrik Clarke was an influential African-American historian, scholar, and Pan-Africanist whose work emphasized African history and culture as central to understanding world civilization.

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instanceOf African-American historian
Pan-Africanist
historian
lecturer
scholar
awardReceived National Endowment for the Humanities award NERFINISHED
birthName John Henry Clark NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1915-01-01
dateOfDeath 1998-07-16
educatedAt self-taught
employer Cornell University
Hunter College NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
fieldOfWork African history
African-American history
Pan-African studies
world history
founded African Heritage Studies Association NERFINISHED
Department of Black and Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College NERFINISHED
gender male
influenced Black Studies curricula in the United States
contemporary Pan-Africanist scholars
influencedBy George G. M. James NERFINISHED
Marcus Garvey NERFINISHED
W. E. B. Du Bois NERFINISHED
knownFor critiques of Eurocentric historiography
emphasizing the centrality of Africa in world civilization
popularizing African history among African Americans
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf African Heritage Studies Association NERFINISHED
Harlem History Club NERFINISHED
Organization of Afro-American Unity NERFINISHED
movement Black nationalism
Pan-Africanism NERFINISHED
notableWork African People in World History NERFINISHED
Africans at the Crossroads NERFINISHED
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust NERFINISHED
Malcolm X: The Man and His Times NERFINISHED
occupation professor
placeOfBirth Union Springs, Alabama, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
placeOfResidence Harlem, New York City, United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld Distinguished Visiting Professor of African History at Cornell University
Professor of African and Afro-American History at Hunter College
religion secular humanism

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Afrocentrism hasProponent John Henrik Clarke