Clarence Taylor is professor emeritus of History at Baruch College in New York City and author of books on racism, religion, and civil rights in 20th-century America. [1][2][3][4]
Clarence Taylor Professor Emeritus | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Awards | Gustavus Myers Award |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Brooklyn College (BA), New York University (MA), City University of New York (PhD) |
| Thesis | The Black Churches of Brooklyn from the 19th Century to the Civil Rights Era (1992) |
| Doctoral advisor | David Rosner |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Institutions | Le Moyne College (1991-1996); Florida International University (1996-2004); Baruch College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York (2004-) |
| Doctoral students | David Hamilton Golland |
Background
editClarence Taylor was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended the East New York elementary school and Canarsie High School in Brooklyn. He received a BA from Brooklyn College and MA from New York University. In 1992, he received a doctorate in American history from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.[1][2]
Career
editTaylor began his career as a teacher in the New York city public school system. He spent eight years as special education teacher at Junior High School 278 at Marine Park (Brooklyn). He then became a social studies teacher at James Madison High School.[1][2]
In 1991, Taylor became a professor at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York. In 1996, he joined the history department and African-New World Studies Program at Florida International University. In 2004 he was named Professor of History and Chair of the Department of Black and Latino Studies at Baruch College.[1][2] In 2017 he became Professor emeritus.
Taylor researches recent civil rights and black power movements, African-American religion, and the modern history of New York City.[1][2]
In 2012, Taylor appeared in the documentary film Changing Faces of Harlem.[5]
In 2018, Taylor appeared in the PBS documentary film "The Woman in the Iron Coffin" [6]
Awards
edit- 2001: Gustavus Myers Award (for Civil Rights Since 1787)[1][2]
Works
editTaylor has written and edited books and also articles for journals and magazines including Jacobin.[7]
Books:
- The Black Churches of Brooklyn from the 19th Century to the Civil Rights Era (1994)[8]
- Knocking At Our Own Door: Milton A. Galamison and the Struggle to Integrate New York City Schools (1997)[9]
- Black Religious Intellectuals: The Fight for Equality from Jim Crow to the 21st Century (2002)[10]
- Reds at the Blackboard: Communism, Civil Rights and the New York City Teachers Union (2011)[11]
- Fight the Power: African Americans and the Long History of Police Brutality in New York City (2018)[12]
Books edited:
- Civil Rights Since 1787: A Reader in the Black Struggle (2000) (co-editor)
- Civil Rights in New York City: From World War II to the Giuliani Era (2011)[13]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Clarence Taylor". CUNY Baruch. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "Clarence Taylor". CUNY Center for the Humanities. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "Clarence Taylor". CUNY Baruch. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "Clarence Taylor". Baruch College. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "Cast". Changing Faces of Harlem. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ https://www.pbs.org/video/woman-in-the-iron-coffin-uzfyej/
- ^ "Articles by Clarence Taylor". Jacobin. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ Taylor, Clarence. The Black Churches of Brooklyn from the 19th Century to the Civil Rights Era. Columbia University Press. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ Taylor, Clarence (2001). Knocking At Our Own Door. Lexington Books. ISBN 9780739102275. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ Taylor, Clarence. Black Religious Intellectuals. Psychology Press.
- ^ Taylor, Clarence (April 2011). Reds at the Blackboard. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231526487. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ Taylor, Clarence. Fight the Power. NYU Press. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ Taylor, Clarence (ed.). Civil Rights in New York City. Fordham University Press. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
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