Drake, St. Clair
- Summary
- John Gibbs St. Clair Drake was an African-American sociologist and anthropologist whose scholarship and activism led him to document much of the social turmoil of the 1960s, establish some of the first Black Studies programs in American universities, and contribute to the independence movement in Ghana. Drake often wrote about challenges and achievements in race relations as a result of his extensive research. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4][5][6]
- Born
- 1911-01-02 [2][5]
- Birth Place
- Suffolk, Va. [3]
- Suffolk [5]
- Died
- 1990-06-15 [2][5]
- Death Place
- Palo Alto, Calif. [3]
- Palo Alto [5]
- Country
- United States [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [5]
- sociologist [5]
- Profession
- Bürgerrechtler [2]
- Employer
- Dillard University [5]
- Stanford University [5]
- Roosevelt University [5]
- Educated at
- University of Chicago [5]
- Hampton University [5]
- Country of Education
- United States [5]
- Archives at
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture [5]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [5]
- Oxford Reference
- Overview [5]
- American National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [5]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. National Library of Korea
- 5. Wikidata
- 6. Library of Congress
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