Clarence Taylor

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]

For the unrelated aviation entrepreneur, see Clarence Gilbert Taylor.

Clarence Taylor Professor Emeritus
Nationality	American
Awards	Gustavus Myers Award
Academic background
Education	Brooklyn College, New York University
Alma mater	City University of New York
Thesis	The Black Churches of Brooklyn from the 19th Century to the Civil Rights Era (1991)
Website	baruch.cuny.edu/wsas/academics/history/ctaylor.htm

Background

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 1991, he received a doctorate in American History from the City University of New York.[1][2]

Career

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, after receiving his doctorate, 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, Clarence was a professor emeritus at Baruch College for thirteen years.[1][2] Taylor, has now retired.

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]

Awards

• 2001: Gustavus Myers Award (for Civil Rights Since 1787)[1][2]

Works

Taylor has written and edited books and also articles for journals and magazines including Jacobin.[6]

Books:

• The Black Churches of Brooklyn from the 19th Century to the Civil Rights Era (1994)[7]
• Knocking At Our Own Door: Milton A. Galamison and the Struggle to Integrate New York City Schools (1997)[8]
• Black Religious Intellectuals: The Fight for Equality from Jim Crow to the 21st Century (2002)[9]
• Reds at the Blackboard: Communism, Civil Rights and the New York City Teachers Union (2011)[10]
• Fight the Power: African Americans and the Long History of Police Brutality in New York City (2018)[11]

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)[12]

See also

• Teachers Union
• James Madison High School (Brooklyn)

References

1. "Clarence Taylor". CUNY Baruch. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
2. "Clarence Taylor". CUNY Center for the Humanities. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
3. "Clarence Taylor". CUNY Baruch. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
4. "Clarence Taylor". Baruch College. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
5. "Cast". Changing Faces of Harlem. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
6. "Articles by Clarence Taylor". Jacobin. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
7. Taylor, Clarence. The Black Churches of Brooklyn from the 19th Century to the Civil Rights Era. Columbia University Press. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
8. Taylor, Clarence. Knocking At Our Own Door. Lexington Books. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
9. Taylor, Clarence. Black Religious Intellectuals. Psychology Press. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
10. Taylor, Clarence. Reds at the Blackboard. Columbia University Press. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
11. Taylor, Clarence. Fight the Power. NYU Press. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
12. Taylor, Clarence (ed.). Civil Rights in New York City. Fordham University Press. Retrieved 26 September 2018.

External sources

• C-SPAN
• New York Historical Society