Vincent Harding

Historian and civil rights scholar

Vincent Harding - Historian and civil rights scholar
Born

1931
94 years ago

Died

May 19th, 2014
10 years ago — 83 years old

Category

Thinkers & Philosophers

Country

United States

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Contributed significantly to the fields of history and religion, focusing on the civil rights movement and African American studies. Played a key role in developing educational curricula that highlighted the contributions of black Americans. Served as a professor at several institutions, including the Iliff School of Theology. Founded the Institute of the Black World's first national conference in 1970, which addressed the challenges of black culture and religion in America.

Authored 'There Is a River: The Black Struggle for Freedom in America'

Contributed to the formation of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial

Co-founded the Black Academy of Arts and Letters

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