St. Clair Drake
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Born January 2, 1911 in Suffolk Virginia
St Claire Drake was one of the most influential African-American sociologists of the twentieth century. Upon graduation from the Hampton institute, he became involved with The Society of Friends in the south. Drake got involved in an anthropogical project after that and later published his studies as Deep South. He was moved by the potential that social science could have on changes in racial causes.
In 1946, Drake became a professor at Roosevelt University. He was one of the first black faculty members at Roosevelt. While there, he created one of the first African American Studies programs in the United States. Drake taught at Roosevelt for 23 years before leaving in 1973 to chair the African-American studies program at Stanford. He was responsible for creating the first African American Studies Department at Stanford.
Most of his writings provide accounts of srife and advances in race relations. His collaboration with Horace Cayton in 1943 led to the publishing of "Black Metropolis", a landmark study of race and urban life. Another of Drake's works, which demonstrates his devotion to race relations, was "Black Folk Here and There"(1987).
St. Claire Drake is the founder of the American Society for African Culture. He also served as advisor to the first prime minister of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah. Drake died in 1990. The Roosevelt University named a center after him. It is called "The St. Clair Drake Center". The center is dedicated to the memory of St. Claire Drake.
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Resources
- [1], Roosevelt University, The St. Claire Drake Center
- [2], St. Claire Drake
- [http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1448/St_Clair_Drake_anthropologist__educator, The African American Registry
- [3], The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed
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