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John Henrik Clarke papers

Title
John Henrik Clarke papers, 1937-1996.
Author
Clarke, John Henrik, 1915-1998.
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Box 1Mixed materialUse in library Sc MG 572 Box 1Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
Box 2Mixed materialUse in library Sc MG 572 Box 2Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
Box 3Mixed materialUse in library Sc MG 572 Box 3Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
Box 4Mixed materialUse in library Sc MG 572 Box 4Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
Box 5Mixed materialUse in library Sc MG 572 Box 5Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
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Additional Authors
  • Cromwell, Adelaide M.
  • Diop, Cheikh Anta.
  • Walker, Alice, 1944-
  • Jackson, John G.
  • Fuller, Hoyt, 1923-1981.
  • Garvey, Amy Jacques.
  • Skinner, Elliott P. (Elliott Percival), 1924-2007.
  • Seifert, Charles C.
  • Moore, Richard B. (Richard Benjamin)
  • Mphahlele, Ezekiel.
  • Diop, Alioune Oumy.
  • Mayfield, Julian, 1928-1984.
  • Ofosu-Appiah, L. H.
  • De Graft-Johnson, J.C. (John Coleman), 1919-
  • Essien-Udom, E. U.
  • Hansberry, William Leo.
  • Lamming, George, 1927-2022.
  • Sinnette, Calvin H.
  • Sinnette, Elinor Des Verney.
  • Ben Yehuda, Shaleak.
  • Ben-Jochannan, Yosef.
  • Hutchinson, Lionel.
  • Chapman, Frank E.
  • Freedomways Associates.
  • African Heritage Studies Association.
  • American Society of African Culture.
  • Fair Play for Cuba Committee.
  • Universal Ethiopian Students' Association.
Description
42.4 lin. ft. (30 cartons, 19 boxes).
Summary
Consisting mainly of correspondence, lecture notes, course outlines, writings, research material, organizational records and printed matter, the John Henrik Clarke papers are a unique archive for the study and interpretation of African and African American history during the second half of the 20th century.
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  • Photographs transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division.
  • Recordings transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
Source (note)
  • Dr. John Henrik Clarke
  • Clarke, John Henrik
Biography (note)
  • Born in 1915, the oldest son of an Alabama sharecropper family, John Henrik Clarke was a self-trained historian who edited and wrote over thirty books, and was a leading figure in the development of African heritage and Black studies programs nationwide.
Processing Action (note)
  • Accessioned
  • Cataloged
  • Received
Call Number
Sc MG 572
OCLC
NYPW00-A12
Author
Clarke, John Henrik, 1915-1998.
Title
John Henrik Clarke papers, 1937-1996.
Biography
Born in 1915, the oldest son of an Alabama sharecropper family, John Henrik Clarke was a self-trained historian who edited and wrote over thirty books, and was a leading figure in the development of African heritage and Black studies programs nationwide.
He was a co-founder of the "Harlem Quarterly" (1949-1951) and an associate editor of the journal "Freedomways". During the 1960s, he served as director of the African Heritage unit of the anti-poverty program Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited (HARYOU-ACT), and as special consultant and coordinator of the Columbia University-WCBS television series "Black Heritage." He joined the Department of Black and Puerto-Rican Studies at Hunter College in 1969. The founding president of the African Heritage Studies Association, he was a consultant to many projects, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition "Harlem On My Mind" and the Portal Press Springboards series, "The Negro in American History." He was awarded the Phelps-Stokes Fund's Aggrey Medal in 1994 for his role "as a public philosopher and relentless critic of injustice and inequality." John Henrik Clarke died in 1998.
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Cromwell, Adelaide M.
Diop, Cheikh Anta.
Walker, Alice, 1944-
Jackson, John G.
Fuller, Hoyt, 1923-1981.
Garvey, Amy Jacques.
Skinner, Elliott P. (Elliott Percival), 1924-2007.
Seifert, Charles C.
Moore, Richard B. (Richard Benjamin)
Mphahlele, Ezekiel.
Diop, Alioune Oumy.
Mayfield, Julian, 1928-1984.
Ofosu-Appiah, L. H.
De Graft-Johnson, J.C. (John Coleman), 1919-
Essien-Udom, E. U.
Hansberry, William Leo.
Lamming, George, 1927-2022.
Sinnette, Calvin H.
Sinnette, Elinor Des Verney.
Ben Yehuda, Shaleak.
Ben-Jochannan, Yosef.
Hutchinson, Lionel.
Chapman, Frank E.
Freedomways Associates.
African Heritage Studies Association.
American Society of African Culture.
Fair Play for Cuba Committee.
Universal Ethiopian Students' Association.
Research Call Number
Sc MG 572
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