Dr john henrik clarke biography
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John Henrik Clarke
African-American historian (–)
John Henrik Clarke (born John Henry Clark; January 1, &#;&#; July 16, )[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 s.[3]
Early life and education
[edit]He was born John Henry Clark on January 1, , in Union Springs, Alabama,[4] the youngest child of John Clark, a sharecropper, and Willie Ella Clark, a washer woman, who died in [5] ). With the hopes of earning enough money to buy land rather than sharecrop, his family moved to the closest mill town in Columbus, Georgia.
Counter to his mother's wishes for him to become a farmer, Clarke left Georgia in by freight lära and went to Harlem, New York, as part of the Great Migration of rural blacks out of the South to northern cities. There he pursued scholarship an
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John Henrik Clarke Book Collection
Biographical Note
John Henrik Clarke was born John Henry Clark in Union Springs, Alabama, on January 1, He and his family moved to his mother's hometown of Columbus, Georgia, where he attended the Fifth Avenue School and Spencer High School. His experience in Columbus included caddying for Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley. In the s he then moved to New York City and enlisted in the U.S. Army, attaining the rank of mästare Sergeant. Then, largely self-educated, yet highly motivated, Clarke became active in academia, teaching at Hunter College, Cornell, New York University, and the New School for Social Research. As a scholar and activist he wrote and lectured widely on Pan-African and Africana Studies. He died on July 16,
Scope and Content
Some personal papers and articles, and seventeen books by Clarke ( linear ft.)
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John Henrik Clarke &#; The pioneer who made Africana Studies prominent in Academia
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 s.
Born John Henry Clark on January 1, , in Union Springs, Alabama, John left the family farm in Columbus in to Harlem, New York during the period some historians refer to as; The Great Migration.
This period refers to the time during and , where African Americans moved from the southern states, to the northern states in search of work and a better quality of life.
There he pursued scholarship and activism. He renamed himself as John Henrik, after the rebel Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and added an &#;e&#; to his surname, spelling it as &#;Clarke.&#; The reasoning for this is unknown, as John did not document this change in any of his personal diaries.
Career
Arriving in Harlem at the age of 18