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- Dr. John Henrik Clarke was a Pan-Africanist writer, historian, professor, and a pioneer in the creation of Africana studies and professional institutions in academia starting in the late 1960s.
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John Henrik Clarke (born John Henry Clark; January 1, 1915 – July 16, 1998) [1] was an African-American historian, professor, prominent Afrocentrist, [2] and pioneer in the creation of Pan-African and Africana studies and professional institutions in academia starting in the late 1960s.
- Asked Questions About African History
- Espoused Controversial Views
- Established Black Studies at Hunter College
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John Henrik Clarke was born on January 1, 1915, in Union Springs, Alabama; his father was a sharecropper, his mother a laundrywoman. When he was four years old, the family farm was severely damaged by a storm, and Clarke’s father decided to move the family to Columbus, Georgia, a mill town. Clarke’s mother died when he was a young child, and his fa...
During the 1940s, Clarke began teaching African and African American history in community centers in Harlem. “At first I was an exceptionally poor teacher. I was nervous, overanxious, and impatient with my students,” he wrote in “A Search for Identity.” “I had to acquire patience with young people who giggled when they were told about African kings...
In 1969, Clarke joined the faculty of Hunter College, City University of New York, as a lecturer. During his years at Hunter, Clarke played a leading role in establishing the black studies program there; later, he also helped to found the black studies program at Cornell University. By 1970, he had been appointed associate professor in the Departme...
Books
ben-Jochannan, Yosef, and John Henrik Clarke, New Dimensions in African History: The London Lectures of Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannan and Dr. John Henrik Clarke, African World Press, 1991. Clarke, John Henrik, African People in World History, Black Classic Press, 1993. Clarke, John Henrik, Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust: Slavery and the Rise of European Capitalism, A & B Publishers, 1993. Slave Trade and Slavery, edited by John Henrik Clarke and Vincent Harding, Holt, Rinehart and W...
Periodicals
New York Times, July 20, 1998, p. A13. —Carrie Golus
Jan 23, 2007 · John Henrik Clarke, historian, black nationalist, and Pan-Africanist, was a pioneer in the formation of Africana studies in the United States.
May 24, 2017 · He is best known as one of Celtic’s famous Lisbon Lions side who won the European Cup under Jock Stein. How many appearances and goals did John Clark manage for Celtic?
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A black nationalist, philosopher, historian, and lecturer, Dr. John Henrik Clarke was one of the first Afrocentric scholars who through his writings retold the downsized history of Africa. Dr. John Henrik Clarke found out at an early age that African history, despite the major biblical events that unfolded in Africa, was hardly ever told.
The Latin Verse Machine, named Eureka by its inventor, John Clark, is a curious blend of science an art – a technological creation designed to compose poetry in Latin. It epitomises the Victorian vogue for inventing solutions to push the boundaries of imagination and is a rare survivor of its age.
