Clarence Taylor Professor Emeritus | |
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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 |
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 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]
Taylor 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]
Taylor has written and edited books and also articles for journals and magazines including Jacobin . [7]
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