Earlie Endris Thorpe (November 9, 1924 - January 30, 1989) was a professor of history, an author, and clergyman in the United States. He lived in

Durham, North Carolina Durham ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Durham County, North Carolina, Durham County. Small portions of the city limits extend into Orange County, North Carolina, Orange County and Wake County, North Carol ...

and was a professor at

North Carolina Central University North Carolina Central University (NCCU or NC Central) is a public historically black university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by James E. Shepard in affiliation with the Chautauqua movement in 1909, it was supported by private funds from b ...

for 27 years.

Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...

has a collection of his papers and correspondence. He and his wife, Martha Vivian Branch, had two daughters: Rita Harrington and Gloria Earl.

Legacy

Marcus P. Nevius delivered the 30th Annual Earl E. Thorpe Memorial Lecture at

in 2020.

Writings

*"Negro Historiography in the United States", dissertation *''Negro Historians in the United States'' (1958) *''The Desertion of Man: A Critique of Philosophy of History'' (1958) *''The Mind of the Negro: An Intellectual History of Afro-Americans'' (1961) *''Eros and Freedom in Southern Life and Thought'' (1967) *''The Central Theme of Black History'' (1969) *"The Black Experience in America" editor, ten-booklet series *''Struggle for a nation's conscience : the civil rights movement'' *''Pioneers and Planters; Black Beginnings in America'' with Joseph Penn, American Education Publications (1971) *''The Old South: A Psychohistory'' (1972) *"Black history and the organic perspective : an essay to introduce the directory and bibliography no. 870-872" (1975) *"The uses of Black history : a speech delivered during the observance of Black History Week", February 11, 1980 *''African Americans and the Sacred: Spirituals, Slave Religion, and Symbolism'' (1982) *''Slave Religion, Spirituals, and C. J. Jung'' (1983) *''A Concise History of North Carolina Central University'' (1984)

References

8. Gershenhorn, Jerry. "Earlie Thorpe and the Struggle for Black History, 1949-1989." ''Souls'' 12 (2010): 376-397. {{DEFAULTSORT:Thorpe, Earl 1924 births 1989 deaths