Clayborne Carson
Clayborne Carson | |
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Carson in 2017 | |
| Born | June 15, 1944 Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse | Susan Ann Carson |
| Children | 2 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles (BA, MA, PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Era | 20th century |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Main interests | Civil Rights Movement Martin Luther King Jr. |
Dr. Clayborne Carson (born June 15, 1944) is an acclaimed American history academic, educator, scholar, and author, a preeminent human rights expert historian, and an MLK Jr. Centennial Professor Emeritus at Stanford University as well as the founder of Stanford’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Research and Education Institute. Since 1985, at the request of Coretta Scott King, Dr. Carson has directed the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, a long-term effort to edit and publish the papers of Martin Luther King Jr.