About Ralph Luker
Lived 1940 – 2015 (aged 75). Ralph Luker was an American historian and university teacher.
Ralph Edlin Luker (March 1, 1940 – August 8, 2015) was an American historian, teacher, and the author of several books about race, religion and the Civil Rights Movement.
Luker was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and received his B.A. from Duke University in 1962, a B.D. from Drew University in 1966, and then both an M.A. (1969) and Ph.D. (1973) from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Luker founded the Cliopatria history group blog on the History News Network of George Mason University's Center for History and New Media.
In 1994, when he was assistant professor of history at Antioch College, Luker was denied tenure after accusations of racism by some students. Outraged by the charges, Luker underwent a hunger-strike but to no avail.
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American historian (1940-2015)
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Ralph Luker was born on 1 March 1940.
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Ralph Luker died on 8 August 2015.
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