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[1] and was a professor at North Carolina Central University for 27 years. Duke University has a collection of his papers and correspondence.[2]
Thorpe served in Italy during World War II. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in history from North Carolina College for Negroes. He earned a Ph.D. in History from Ohio State University in 1953.[3]
He and his wife, Martha Vivian Branch, had two daughters: Rita Harrington and Gloria Earl.[1]
Legacy
editMarcus P. Nevius delivered the 30th Annual Earlie E. Thorpe Memorial Lecture at North Carolina Central University in 2020.[4]
Writings
edit- "Negro Historiography in the United States", dissertation
- Negro Historians in the United States (1958)[5]
- 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[6]
- Pioneers and Planters; Black Beginnings in America with Joseph Penn, American Education Publications (1971)
- The Old South: A Psychohistory (1972)[7][8]
- "Black history and the organic perspective : an essay to introduce the directory and bibliography no. 870-872" (1975)[9]
- "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
edit- ^ a b "Thorpe, Earlie Endris | NCpedia". www.ncpedia.org.
- ^ "Earl E. Thorpe papers, 1942-1990 - Archives & Manuscripts at Duke University Libraries". David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
- ^ Gershenhorn, Jerry (2010). ""Earlie Thorpe and the Struggle for Black History, 1949-1989"". Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society. 12: 376–397.
- ^ "NCCU & ASALH TV Present The 30th Annual Earlie E Thorpe Memorial Lecture". youtube. 2021.
- ^ Thorpe, Earl E. (December 11, 1958). "Negro Historians in the United States". Fraternal Press – via Google Books.
- ^ Thorpe, Earl E (December 11, 1971). Struggle for a nation's conscience: the civil rights movement. American Education Publications, Education Center. OCLC 4810492 – via Open WorldCat.
- ^ McColley, Robert (1973). "Review of The Old South: A Psychohistory". The Journal of Southern History: 290–292. doi:10.2307/2205630. JSTOR 2205630.
- ^ Thorpe, Earl E. (December 11, 1972). "The Old South: a Psychohistory". Seeman Printery – via Google Books.
- ^ Thorpe, Earl E (December 11, 1975). Black history and the organic perspective: an essay to introduce the directory and bibliography no. 870-872. Council of Planning Librarians. OCLC 1620661 – via Open WorldCat.
9. Gershenhorn, Jerry. "Earlie Thorpe: Antiracist Scholar Who Centered Black Voices in US History.” Review of The Central Theme of Black History, by Earlie Thorpe. American Historical Review 129 (September 2024): 1200-1205.