Clarence Taylor is professor emeritus of History at

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in New York City and author of books on racism, religion, and civil rights in 20th-century America.

Background

Clarence Taylor was born in

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. He attended the

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elementary school and

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in Brooklyn. He received a BA from

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and MA from

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. In 1992, he received a doctorate in American history from the

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of the

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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. In 1991, Taylor became a professor at

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. In 1996, he joined the history department and African-New World Studies Program at

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. In 2004 he was named Professor of History and Chair of the Department of Black and Latino Studies at

. In 2017 he became Professor ''emeritus.'' Taylor researches recent civil rights and black power movements, African-American religion, and the modern history of New York City. In 2012, Taylor appeared in the documentary film ''Changing Faces of Harlem''.

Awards

* 2001:

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Award (for ''Civil Rights Since 1787'')

Works

Taylor has written and edited books and also articles for journals and magazines including ''

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''. Books: * ''The Black Churches of Brooklyn from the 19th Century to the Civil Rights Era'' (1994) * ''Knocking At Our Own Door: Milton A. Galamison and the Struggle to Integrate New York City Schools'' (1997) * ''Black Religious Intellectuals: The Fight for Equality from

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to the 21st Century'' (2002) * ''Reds at the Blackboard: Communism, Civil Rights and the New York City

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'' (2011) * ''Fight the Power: African Americans and the Long History of Police Brutality in New York City'' (2018) 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)

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