Quintard Taylor

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Born
Quintard Taylor Jr.

(1948-12-11) 11 December 1948 (age 75)
Brownsville, Tennessee, U.S.
Education St. Augustine's College; University of Minnesota
OccupationHistorian
Known forFounder of BlackPast.org
Parent(s)Grace Taylor (1909–1991), Quintard Taylor Sr. (1898–1969)

Quintard Taylor (born December 11, 1948) is a historian, founder of BlackPast.org, an online encyclopedia dedicated to provide public with information concerning African-American history, [1] and former professor of University of Washington. [2] [3] [4]

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Personal life

Taylor was born on December 11, 1948, to Quintard Taylor Sr. and Grace Taylor in Brownsville, Tennessee, where he finished his high school education. [5] Taylor completed his B.A. from St. Augustine's College in 1969 in American History, and finished his M.A. degree and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1971 and 1977, respectively in History. [1] [6]

While working as a teacher at the Washington State University, he married Carolyn, [7] and he had three children: Quintard III, and twins, William and Jamila. [7]

Taylor taught in several universities including, Washington State University, California Polytechnic State University, and University of Oregon, and University of Washington, until his retirement in June 2018. [2] [5] [4] He was also responsible for various research works in these universities. [8] [6]

Apart from his research articles, he published several books and articles, including The Forging of a Black Community: A History of Seattle's Central District, The Forging of a Black Community: Seattle's Central District from 1870 through the Civil Rights Era, In Search of the Racial Frontier: African Americans in the American West 1528–1990. [9] [10]

Education

Early education

Taylor graduated from Carver High School in Brownsville, Tennessee. [5] He finished his high school graduation in 10th place among 210 students. His parents did not graduate from college but they motivated him to attend college. [5] After graduating from high school he started his B.A. education. [1] [4]

College

In the 1960s, there were changes in West Tennessee initiated by Civil Right Movement which attracted him to study history. [11] [3] [5] He started his B.A. education, at the age of 16, in St. Augustine's College, North Carolina in American history and graduated in 1969. [5] [4] [6]

Graduate school

After finishing college, he started his M.A. degree in the University of Minnesota which later proved to be a factor for Taylor to search the new curriculum of African American history study. Allan Spear was one of the professors who introduced an African American history program called African Peoples at the University of Minnesota. Spear was first elected to the Minnesota Senate in 1972, representing a liberal Minneapolis district centered on the University of Minnesota. [5] [6] Taylor graduated in 1971. [8] [1]

In 1975, after teaching for four years at Washington State University, he started his Ph.D. program at the University of Minnesota. [5] He finished his graduation in 1977 in History. [5]

Career

Early in his career

Having finished his graduation from University of Minnesota in 1971, Taylor started his career as assistant professor at the Washington State University (WSU) in 1971. [5] [1] He was hired into the newly formed Black Studies program and there he became one of two full-time Black Studies professors at the university. He taught in that university 4 years until 1975 before starting his PhD. [5] [4] [1]

Career as professor of history

After completion of his doctorate in 1977, he started to look for a job to settle in with his family. He became a professor of history at California Polytechnic State University in 1977. He continued to teach there for more than 12 years until 1990. [5] [4] [1]

In 1987, he became a professor of history at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Nigeria. [7] He taught there until 1988. [6] [4] [1]

Next, in 1990, he became a professor of history at University of Oregon. [7] He continuously taught there nine years until 1999. [11] [6] [1]

Scott & Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American History

Finally, in 1999, he became a professor of American History at the University of Washington. [1] He continued to teach there for more than 18 years, until his retirement in June 2018. [4] [12] [7] [13]

Published works

Books

Website

TV series

Recognition

Awards

Others

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  2. 1 2 3 "BlackPast.org". Black Past.
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  9. ↑ "Quintard Taylor, Professor Emeritus, Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American History". Department of History of University of Washington.
  10. 1 2 Taylor, Quintard (January 1, 1990). The Making of the Modern World: A history of the Twentieth Century (One ed.). Iowa: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company. pp. 5, 6, 7, 100. ISBN   978-0840361103.
  11. 1 2 3 Taylor, Quintard (May 17, 1999). In search of the racial frontier : African Americans in the American West, 1528-1990 (One ed.). New York: W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 228, 227, 226, 5, 6. ISBN   978-0393318890.
  12. 1 2 Seeking El Dorado: African Americans in California (One ed.). Los Angeles: University of Washington Press. January 1, 2001. p. 270. ISBN   978-0295980836.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Taylor, Quintard (2008). From Timbuktu to Katrina : readings in African-American history Vol 1 (1st ed.). Boston: Thomson Wadsworth. pp. 7, Preface, About Author. ISBN   978-0495092773.
  14. 1 2 Hinchliffe, Emma R. "Quintard Taylor's publications". University of Washington.
  15. ↑ Taylor, Quintard (August 1, 2008). African American Women Confront the West, 1600–2000 (One ed.). Montana: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 192. ISBN   978-0806139791.
  16. ↑ Taylor, Quintard (July 30, 2007). From Timbuktu to Katrina: Sources in African-American History Volume 2 (1st ed.). Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing. pp. 7, Prefix, About Author, 208. ISBN   978-0495092780.
  17. ↑ "FROM TIMBUKTU TO KATRINA: Sources in African-American History, Volume 2". Dr. Quintard Taylor Jr.
  18. ↑ Taylor, Quintard (February 2, 2009). America I AM Black Facts: The Timelines of African American History, 1601-2008 (1st ed.). California: Hay House Inc. pp. 7, Acknowledgement, 240. ISBN   978-1401924065.
  19. ↑ Taylor, Quintard (September 5, 2013). Dr. Sam, Soldier, Educator, Advocate, Friend: An Autobiography (1st ed.). University of Washington Press. pp. 7, 240. ISBN   978-0295993348.
  20. ↑ Johnson, Eric W. (April 13, 2015). "Quintard Taylor Named Washington State Jefferson Award Grand Winner". University of Washington.
  21. ↑ Mahoney, Eleanor (September 1, 2017). "Quintard Taylor Awarded Robert Gray Medal by Washington State Historical Society". University of Washington.
  22. ↑ Hinchliffe, Emma R (February 23, 2018). "Department of History's Quintard Taylor wins lifetime achievement award". University of Washington.
  23. ↑ Roy, Alyson (March 3, 2016). "Emeritus Professor Quintard Taylor Featured in KPLU Article". University of Washington.
  24. ↑ Johnson, Eric W. (February 26, 2017). "Quintard Taylor Featured in Pacific NW Magazine". University of Washington.
  25. ↑ Zeng, Xiaoshun (April 8, 2021). "President Ana Mari Cauce Acclaimed Professor Emeritus Quintard Taylor's Contributions to Black History". University of Washington.
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