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Clayborne Carson

April 13, 2024

Clayborne Carson (born June 15, 1944) is an American academic who is a professor of history at Stanford University and director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute. Since 1985, he has directed the Martin Luther King Papers Project, a long-term project to edit and publish the papers of Martin Luther King Jr.

Clayborne Carson
Carson in 2017
Born (1944-06-15) June 15, 1944 (age 79)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
SpouseSusan Ann Carson
Children2
Academic background
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles (BA, MA, PhD)
Academic work
Era20th century
InstitutionsStanford University
Main interestsCivil Rights Movement
Martin Luther King Jr.

Early life and education edit

Carson was born on June 15, 1944, in Buffalo, New York; son of Clayborne and Louise Carson. He grew up near Los Alamos, New Mexico, where his was one of a small number of African-American families. He attributes his lifelong interest in the Civil Rights Movement to that experience. "I had this really strong curiosity about the black world, because in Los Alamos the black world was a very few families. When the civil rights movement started, I had this real fascination with it, and I wanted to meet the people in it."[1]

After graduating from Los Alamos High School in 1962, Carson attended the University of New Mexico for his first year on college during the 1962–1963 school year. At age 19, Carson met Stokely Carmichael at a national student conference in Indiana. Carmichael convinced him to attend the March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom as a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC, pronounced "snick").[2] On August 28, 1963, Carson was overwhelmed to find himself among hundreds of thousands of African Americans at the March. This was the first big thing Carson had done in contribution to the Civil Rights Movement.[3] Recalling the March, at which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial, Carson says, "I have a lot of vivid memories, but not of King's speech." What left the biggest impression, he says, were "the people I met there."[1] The March was also the only time Carson had ever heard Dr. King speak in public.[2]

It wasn't until 1964 after Carson had transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) that he became more active in what he calls the "northern version of the southern struggle",[3] and continued with SNCC.[2] At UCLA Carson Changed his field of study from computer programming to American History. Here he earned his B.A. (1967), M.A. (1971), and wrote his doctoral dissertation on Stokely Carmichael and SNCC which earned him his Ph.D. (1975).[2] While studying at UCLA, he was also involved with anti-Vietnam War protests. He speaks of that experience in his current writing, highlighting the importance of grassroots political activity within the African-American freedom struggle.

Career edit

Carson has been a professor at Stanford University for more than 40 years, where he primarily teaches U.S. History and African American History.[4] Carson has taught and lectured in Britain, France, China, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Tanzania,[5] and throughout the United States.[6] He teaches and lectures about Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Black Panther Party, and other subjects related to the black struggle and civil rights. He has been a frequent guest on Pacifica Radio station KPFA in Berkeley, California, and has also appeared on programs like NPR's Fresh Air, the Tavis Smiley Show, the Charlie Rose Show, Good Morning America, and the CBS Evening News. Carson is a member of the global council of the California International Law Center at the University of California, Davis School of Law.[5] Carson is also a member of several professional organizations including: the American Historical Association (AHA), the Organization of American Historians (OAH), the Social Science History Association (SSAH), the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History (ASAALH), and the Southern Historical Association.[7]

Carson has also written several books and articles regarding the Civil Rights Movement, and has made contributions to many more as well as documentaries, and interviews.[7] His first book In Struggle: SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s was awarded the Fredrick Jackson Turner Award in 1982.[8] Carson was also the Historical Adviser for the film Freedom on My Mind, which in 1995 was nominated for an Oscar.[8]

In 1985, Coretta Scott King asked Carson to lead a project to publish King's previously unpublished works.[4] In an interview conducted in 2008, Carson explains that he initially declined to work as Senior Editor to Dr. King's works, Carson had "never really thought of [himself] as a King biographer. [He] was a SNCC person," he said, referencing the discord between SNCC and Dr. King that occurred during the movement. Carson eventually agreed to oversee the project mentioning that he would not have accepted the job if the family held control over Dr. King's works. Carson and his staff has spent over 20 years working to edit and publish Dr. King's works.[9]

On April 3, 2018, Clayborne Carson, as the director of the MLK Research and Education Institute, hosted a screening of a documentary that he helped create called I'm MLK, Jr. After the screening he hosted an additional event celebrating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s last speech, "I've Been to the Mountaintop".

In 2021, Carson was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as a member of the newly formed Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board.[10]

Personal life edit

Carson married Susan Ann Beyer in 1967, who at the time was a librarian.[2] Until her retirement, she was the managing editor of the King Papers Project, and lives in Palo Alto, California. He has a daughter and son.

Awards and achievements edit

Select bibliography edit

  • Carson, Clayborne (1981). In struggle : SNCC and the Black awakening of the 1960s. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674447264.[11]
  • Senior Academic Adviser "Eyes on the Prize" PBS,1987-1990.[11]
  • co-editor, The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader. Penguin Books, 1991. ISBN 0-14-015403-5
  • Historical Adviser,"Freedom on My Mind" Tara Releasing, 1994.[11]
  • Co-editor with David Gallen, Malcolm X: the FBI file. Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1991. ISBN 978-0-88184-758-1[2]
  • Co-author with Carol Berkin and others, American Voices A History of the United States. Scott Foresman and Company, 1992. ISBN 0673352579[2]
  • co-author, A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Grand Central Publishers, 1998. ISBN 978-0-446-52346-2
  • co-author, The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Grand Central Publishers, 2001. ISBN 978-0-446-67650-2
  • co-editor, African American Lives: The Struggle for Freedom. Volume I. Longman, 2004. ISBN 978-0-201-79487-8
  • co-editor, African American Lives: The Struggle for Freedom. Volume II. Longman, 2004. ISBN 978-0-201-79489-2
  • co-author, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-313-29440-2[2]
  • senior editor, The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.. Vols. 1–4. University of California Press, 1992–2007.
  • co-editor with Kris Shepard, A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." Warner Books, Inc., 2001. ISBN 0-446-52399-2[2]
  • consultant, Civil Rights Chronicle : the African-American Struggle for Freedom Publications International, Ltd., 2003. ISBN 978-0-785-34924-2[2]
  • Martin's Dream: My Journey and the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. A Memoir. Palgrave MacMillan, 2013. ISBN 978-0-230-62169-5
  • — (2015). (PDF). Bulletin of the German Historical Institute (Washington DC). Supplement 11: 15–21. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2015.
  • Historical Adviser, "Chicano! History of Mexican American Civil Rights" NLCC Educational Media, 1996 .[11]
  • Historical Adviser, "Black and Jews" 1997 .[11]
  • co-author, "Blacks and Jews in the Civil Rights Movement," in Strangers and Neighbors: Relations between Blacks and Jews in the United States, University of Massachusetts Press, 2000. ISBN 978-1-55849-236-3[12]
  • Author of introduction, Stride Toward Freedom: Montgomery Story. Beacon Press, 2010. ISBN 0807000698[2]
  • Co-Author, This Light is Ours: Activist Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement. WW Norton & Co, 2009. ISBN 0393306046[2]
  • Author of play Passages of Martin Luther King. 1993[6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Diane Manuel, "A Sudden Call", Stanford Today, May/June 1996.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Clayborne Carson." Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2014. Biography In Context. Accessed 21 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b Carson, Clayborne. Interview. Valerie Lampman. 23 May 2019.
  4. ^ a b Clayborne Carson Full Bio. 16 June 2015. 25 May 2019. [1] 2019-06-11 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ^ a b http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/academics-clinicals/cilc/global-council.html[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ a b “Clayborne Carson.” Clayborne Carson Biography | King Legacy Series, www.thekinglegacy.org/individuals/clayborne-carson
  7. ^ a b Clayborne Carson. November 2013. 9 May 2019. [2].
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u “Honors and Awards.” The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute, 4 Mar. 2019, kinginstitute.stanford.edu/institute/clayborne-carson/curriculum-vita/honors-and-awards.
  9. ^ Carson, Clayborne. Interview. Christopher Phelps. Chronicle of High Education, 18 January 2008.
  10. ^ "White House names nominees for Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board". TheGrio. 2021-06-12. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  11. ^ a b c d e f Clayborne Carson . November 2013. 9 May 2019. [3].
  12. ^ "Strangers and Neighbors". www.umass.edu. University of Massachusetts Press.

External links edit

April 13, 2024
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Clayborne Carson born June 15 1944 is an American academic who is a professor of history at Stanford University and director of the Martin Luther King Jr Research and Education Institute Since 1985 he has directed the Martin Luther King Papers Project a long term project to edit and publish the papers of Martin Luther King Jr Clayborne CarsonCarson in 2017Born 1944 06 15 June 15 1944 age 79 Buffalo New York U S SpouseSusan Ann CarsonChildren2Academic backgroundEducationUniversity of California Los Angeles BA MA PhD Academic workEra20th centuryInstitutionsStanford UniversityMain interestsCivil Rights MovementMartin Luther King Jr Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Awards and achievements 5 Select bibliography 6 References 7 External linksEarly life and education editCarson was born on June 15 1944 in Buffalo New York son of Clayborne and Louise Carson He grew up near Los Alamos New Mexico where his was one of a small number of African American families He attributes his lifelong interest in the Civil Rights Movement to that experience I had this really strong curiosity about the black world because in Los Alamos the black world was a very few families When the civil rights movement started I had this real fascination with it and I wanted to meet the people in it 1 After graduating from Los Alamos High School in 1962 Carson attended the University of New Mexico for his first year on college during the 1962 1963 school year At age 19 Carson met Stokely Carmichael at a national student conference in Indiana Carmichael convinced him to attend the March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom as a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee SNCC pronounced snick 2 On August 28 1963 Carson was overwhelmed to find himself among hundreds of thousands of African Americans at the March This was the first big thing Carson had done in contribution to the Civil Rights Movement 3 Recalling the March at which Dr Martin Luther King Jr delivered his famous I Have a Dream speech at the Lincoln Memorial Carson says I have a lot of vivid memories but not of King s speech What left the biggest impression he says were the people I met there 1 The March was also the only time Carson had ever heard Dr King speak in public 2 It wasn t until 1964 after Carson had transferred to the University of California Los Angeles UCLA that he became more active in what he calls the northern version of the southern struggle 3 and continued with SNCC 2 At UCLA Carson Changed his field of study from computer programming to American History Here he earned his B A 1967 M A 1971 and wrote his doctoral dissertation on Stokely Carmichael and SNCC which earned him his Ph D 1975 2 While studying at UCLA he was also involved with anti Vietnam War protests He speaks of that experience in his current writing highlighting the importance of grassroots political activity within the African American freedom struggle Career editCarson has been a professor at Stanford University for more than 40 years where he primarily teaches U S History and African American History 4 Carson has taught and lectured in Britain France China South Africa Zimbabwe Tanzania 5 and throughout the United States 6 He teaches and lectures about Martin Luther King Malcolm X the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee SNCC the Black Panther Party and other subjects related to the black struggle and civil rights He has been a frequent guest on Pacifica Radio station KPFA in Berkeley California and has also appeared on programs like NPR s Fresh Air the Tavis Smiley Show the Charlie Rose Show Good Morning America and the CBS Evening News Carson is a member of the global council of the California International Law Center at the University of California Davis School of Law 5 Carson is also a member of several professional organizations including the American Historical Association AHA the Organization of American Historians OAH the Social Science History Association SSAH the Association for the Study of Afro American Life and History ASAALH and the Southern Historical Association 7 Carson has also written several books and articles regarding the Civil Rights Movement and has made contributions to many more as well as documentaries and interviews 7 His first book In Struggle SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s was awarded the Fredrick Jackson Turner Award in 1982 8 Carson was also the Historical Adviser for the film Freedom on My Mind which in 1995 was nominated for an Oscar 8 In 1985 Coretta Scott King asked Carson to lead a project to publish King s previously unpublished works 4 In an interview conducted in 2008 Carson explains that he initially declined to work as Senior Editor to Dr King s works Carson had never really thought of himself as a King biographer He was a SNCC person he said referencing the discord between SNCC and Dr King that occurred during the movement Carson eventually agreed to oversee the project mentioning that he would not have accepted the job if the family held control over Dr King s works Carson and his staff has spent over 20 years working to edit and publish Dr King s works 9 On April 3 2018 Clayborne Carson as the director of the MLK Research and Education Institute hosted a screening of a documentary that he helped create called I m MLK Jr After the screening he hosted an additional event celebrating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr s last speech I ve Been to the Mountaintop In 2021 Carson was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as a member of the newly formed Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board 10 Personal life editCarson married Susan Ann Beyer in 1967 who at the time was a librarian 2 Until her retirement she was the managing editor of the King Papers Project and lives in Palo Alto California He has a daughter and son Awards and achievements editAndrew Mellon Fellowship 1977 8 Fredrick Jackson Turner Award of the organization of American Historians for In Struggle SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s 1982 11 Rosa Park Distinguished Citizen Award Martin Luther King Jr Association of Santa Clara Valley 1991 8 Society of American Historians elected member 1991 8 Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences Fellowship 1991 8 Honorary Doctorate from Pacific Graduate School of Psychology 1995 8 Founders Award for Historical Scholarship from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania 2000 2 International design competition for the National Martin Luther King Jr Memorial in Washington D C winning team member 2000 8 Gandhi King Ikeda Award from Martin Luther King Jr International Chapel Gandhi Institute for reconciliation Morehouse College Atlanta 2004 8 Commendation Resolution by California Legislative Black Caucus California Assembly Sacramento 2007 8 Honorary Doctorate from Morehouse College 2007 8 Honorary Doctorate from Niagara University 2008 8 Martin Luther King Jr Research Fellowship from Howard Gotlieb Archival Center at Boston University 2009 8 Community Leader Award from Peninsula Bay Chapter of The Links Inc 2010 8 Local Hero of the Year Award from KQED Union Bank 2011 2 Joseph B and Toby Gittler Prize from Brandeis University 2012 8 Honorary Doctorate from Westminster College 2015 8 Freedom Flame Award from Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee Inc 2016 8 Tikkun Award from the Network of Spiritual Progressives 2016 8 Willie B Kennedy Award from the Northern California Dr Martin Luther King Jr Community Foundation 2018 8 John W Blassingame Award from the Southern Historical Association 2018 8 Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation Award for promoting Gandhian values outside India 2018 8 Select bibliography editCarson Clayborne 1981 In struggle SNCC and the Black awakening of the 1960s Harvard University Press ISBN 9780674447264 11 Senior Academic Adviser Eyes on the Prize PBS 1987 1990 11 co editor The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader Penguin Books 1991 ISBN 0 14 015403 5 Historical Adviser Freedom on My Mind Tara Releasing 1994 11 Co editor with David Gallen Malcolm X the FBI file Carroll amp Graf Publishers 1991 ISBN 978 0 88184 758 1 2 Co author with Carol Berkin and others American Voices A History of the United States Scott Foresman and Company 1992 ISBN 0673352579 2 co author A Knock at Midnight Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr Grand Central Publishers 1998 ISBN 978 0 446 52346 2 co author The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr Grand Central Publishers 2001 ISBN 978 0 446 67650 2 co editor African American Lives The Struggle for Freedom Volume I Longman 2004 ISBN 978 0 201 79487 8 co editor African American Lives The Struggle for Freedom Volume II Longman 2004 ISBN 978 0 201 79489 2 co author The Martin Luther King Jr Encyclopedia Greenwood Press 2008 ISBN 978 0 313 29440 2 2 senior editor The Papers of Martin Luther King Jr Vols 1 4 University of California Press 1992 2007 co editor with Kris Shepard A Call to Conscience The Landmark Speeches of Dr Martin Luther King Jr Warner Books Inc 2001 ISBN 0 446 52399 2 2 consultant Civil Rights Chronicle the African American Struggle for Freedom Publications International Ltd 2003 ISBN 978 0 785 34924 2 2 Martin s Dream My Journey and the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr A Memoir Palgrave MacMillan 2013 ISBN 978 0 230 62169 5 2015 Prologue Martin s dream the global legacy of Martin Luther King Jr PDF Bulletin of the German Historical Institute Washington DC Supplement 11 15 21 Archived from the original PDF on September 12 2015 Historical Adviser Chicano History of Mexican American Civil Rights NLCC Educational Media 1996 11 Historical Adviser Black and Jews 1997 11 co author Blacks and Jews in the Civil Rights Movement in Strangers and Neighbors Relations between Blacks and Jews in the United States University of Massachusetts Press 2000 ISBN 978 1 55849 236 3 12 Author of introduction Stride Toward Freedom Montgomery Story Beacon Press 2010 ISBN 0807000698 2 Co Author This Light is Ours Activist Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement WW Norton amp Co 2009 ISBN 0393306046 2 Author of play Passages of Martin Luther King 1993 6 References edit a b Diane Manuel A Sudden Call Stanford Today May June 1996 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Clayborne Carson Contemporary Authors Online Gale 2014 Biography In Context Accessed 21 May 2019 a b Carson Clayborne Interview Valerie Lampman 23 May 2019 a b Clayborne Carson Full Bio 16 June 2015 25 May 2019 1 Archived 2019 06 11 at the Wayback Machine a b http www law ucdavis edu academics clinicals cilc global council html permanent dead link a b Clayborne Carson Clayborne Carson Biography King Legacy Series www thekinglegacy org individuals clayborne carson a b Clayborne Carson November 2013 9 May 2019 2 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Honors and Awards The Martin Luther King Jr Research and Education Institute 4 Mar 2019 kinginstitute stanford edu institute clayborne carson curriculum vita honors and awards Carson Clayborne Interview Christopher Phelps Chronicle of High Education 18 January 2008 White House names nominees for Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board TheGrio 2021 06 12 Retrieved 2021 10 19 a b c d e f Clayborne Carson November 2013 9 May 2019 3 Strangers and Neighbors www umass edu University of Massachusetts Press External links editClayborne Carson Home Page Stanford University http www librarything com combine php author carsonclayborne Clayborne Carson at IMDb Appearances on C SPAN Interview dead link with Tavis Smiley on January 15 2007 Historian Clayborne Carson with stories from Martin s Dream Tavis Smiley PBS January 21 2013 Retrieved December 30 2016 Interview with Clayborne Carson https twitter com claybornecarson lang en Carson s Twitter Page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Clayborne Carson amp oldid 1217071523, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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