Clarence Earl Walker is an American historian and Distinguished Professor (Emeritus) in the Department of History at the University of California, Davis. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees from San Francisco State University and a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley.[1]
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 The Times Literary Supplement.[2]
In 2015, he was awarded the US$45000 UC Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement. He planned to retire in June 2015.[1]
His publications include:[3]
- Mongrel Nation: The America Begotten by Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, University of Virginia Press, 2009
- We Can't Go Home Again: An Argument About Afrocentrism, Oxford University Press, 2001
- Deromanticizing Black History: Critical Essays and Reappraisals, University of Tennessee Press, 1991[4]
References
- 1 2 Day, Jeffrey (2015-04-02). "History scholar wins teaching award". UC Davis. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ↑ Lefkowitz, Mary (7 December 2001). "International Books of the Year". The Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ↑ "Clarence Walker". UC Davis. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ↑ "Deromanticizing Black History". University Tennessee of Press. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
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