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 of Pan-African and Africana …

Feb 2, 2017 · 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.

Dr. John Henrik Clarke was an African American historian, professor, and staunch Pan-Africanist whose groundbreaking scholarship reshaped the study of African and African American history.

John Henrik Clarke dedicated his life to readjusting the way society viewed people of African descent and influenced classrooms and college campuses across the world. He died on July 16, 1998 at the …

Jan 4, 2024 · A professor, Pan-Africanist writer, and historian, John Henrik Clarke, is credited with redressing the distorted view of African history by traditional scholars. Clarke noticed the systematic …

Dr. Clarke played an important role in the early history of Cornell University’s Africana Studies & Research Center. He was a Distinguished Visiting Professor of African History at the Center in the …

Author of several books on Black History, Black Culture, Black Identity, Dr John Henrik Clarke sought to revive African pride and culture which were almost obliterated during slavery.

Jul 16, 1998 · John Henrik Clarke was born John Henry Clark on New Year’s Day, 1915. His parents, Willella Mayes and John Clark, worked as sharecroppers and domestic laborers to support their eight …

“Dr. John Henrik Clarke, historian and professor emeritus of African World History at Hunter College, spoke in Chicago about African American history and culture.”

As a scholar and activist he wrote and lectured widely on Pan-African and Africana Studies. He died on July 16, 1998. Some personal papers and articles, and seventeen books by Clarke (1.0 linear ft.)