Clarence Earl Walker is an American historian and Distinguished Professor (Emeritus) in the Department of History at the

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. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees from

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and a doctorate from the

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. Walker works on Black American studies. In 2001, his book ''We Can't Go Home Again: An Argument About Afrocentrism'' was selected as an International Book of the Year by

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. In 2015, he was awarded the US$45000 ''UC Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement''. He planned to retire in June 2015. His publications include: * ''Mongrel Nation: The America Begotten by Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings'',

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, 2009 * ''We Can't Go Home Again: An Argument About Afrocentrism'',

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, 2001 * ''Deromanticizing Black History: Critical Essays and Reappraisals'',

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, 1991

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