Background
Quintard Taylor was born on December 11, 1948, in Brownsville, Haywood County, Tennessee, United States. He is a son of Quintard Taylor, Jr. and Grace Taylor.
St. Augustine’s College, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
In 1969 Quintard Taylor received a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Augustine’s College (now St. Augustine's University).
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
In 1971 Quintard Taylor obtained a Master of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1977.
(Through much of the twentieth century, black Seattle was ...)
Through much of the twentieth century, black Seattle was synonymous with the Central District - a four-square-mile section near the geographic center of the city. Quintard Taylor explores the evolution of this community from its first few residents in the 1870s to a population of nearly forty thousand in 1970. With events such as the massive influx of rural African Americans beginning with World War II and the transformation of African American community leadership in the 1960s from an integrationist to a "black power" stance, Seattle both anticipates and mirrors national trends. Thus, the book addresses not only a particular city in the Pacific Northwest but also the process of political change in black America.
https://www.amazon.com/Forging-Black-Community-Seattles-Biography/dp/0295973455/?tag=2022091-20
1994
(A pioneering illustrated history of the role of African A...)
A pioneering illustrated history of the role of African Americans in the development of the American West ranges from the arrival of Spanish-speaking blacks in Texas in 1528, to the growth of the West's black population after World War II.
https://www.amazon.com/Search-Racial-Frontier-Americans-1528-1990/dp/0393041050/?tag=2022091-20
1998
(The author of In Search of the Racial Frontier examines t...)
The author of In Search of the Racial Frontier examines the African-American migration to California, documenting the institutions, organizations, and cultural contributions made by blacks in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Simultaneous.
https://www.amazon.com/Seeking-El-Dorado-Americans-California/dp/0295980826/?tag=2022091-20
2001
(African American women in the West have long been stereot...)
African American women in the West have long been stereotyped as socially and historically marginal, existing in isolation from other women in the West and from their counterparts in the East and South. Quintard Taylor and Shirley Ann Wilson Moore disprove this stereotype, arguing that African American women in the West played active, though sometimes unacknowledged, roles in shaping the political, ideological, and social currents that influenced the United States over the past three centuries. "African American Women Confront the West, 1600-2000" is the first major historical anthology on the topic.
https://www.amazon.com/African-American-Women-Confront-West/dp/0806135247/?tag=2022091-20
2003
(This two-volume reader begins with medieval readings from...)
This two-volume reader begins with medieval readings from the continent of Africa up to readings related to the events of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 to encompass the enormous breadth and range of documents that reflect on African American life in the United States.
https://www.amazon.com/Timbuktu-Katrina-Sources-African-American-History/dp/0495092770/?tag=2022091-20
2008
(This two-volume reader begins with medieval readings from...)
This two-volume reader begins with medieval readings from the continent of Africa up to readings related to the events of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 to encompass the enormous breadth and range of documents that reflect on African American life in the United States.
https://www.amazon.com/Timbuktu-Katrina-Sources-African-American-History/dp/0495092789/?tag=2022091-20
2008
(This invaluable reference timeline charts African America...)
This invaluable reference timeline charts African American history from 1601-2008 against the backdrop of American and world history. AIA Black Facts reveals the unexpected relationships between people and events, and the often unrecognized causes and effects that created African Americans’ indelible imprint on our nation.
https://www.amazon.com/America-Black-Facts-Timelines-1601-2008/dp/1401924069/?tag=2022091-20
2009
(This remarkable book shares the difficulties in his perso...)
This remarkable book shares the difficulties in his personal life, including the birth of his special needs son, Billy; the unsuccessful struggle of his wife, Joyce, against breast cancer; and the challenges facing an interracial family. Before he died in 2009, he was proud to witness the election of Barack Obama as the first African American president, a fulfillment of his lifelong dream that the nation would recognize the rights and dignity of all citizens.
https://www.amazon.com/Soldier-Educator-Advocate-Friend-Autobiography/dp/0295990619/?tag=2022091-20
2010
Quintard Taylor was born on December 11, 1948, in Brownsville, Haywood County, Tennessee, United States. He is a son of Quintard Taylor, Jr. and Grace Taylor.
In 1969 Quintard Taylor received a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Augustine’s College (now St. Augustine's University). In 1971 he obtained a Master of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1977.
From 1971 to 1975 Quintard Taylor was an assistant professor of black studies at Washington State University. From 1977 to 1990 he was a professor of history at California Polytechnic State University. From 1987 to 1988 Taylor was a visiting Fulbright professor at the University of Lagos. From 1989 to 1991 he was a member of the board of directors at African-American Vocational Institute in Aba, Nigeria. In 1990 he was appointed a professor of history at the University of Oregon, Eugene. From 1990 to 1994 Quintard served as an adjunct professor of folklore and ethnic studies, a department head from 1997 to 1999, Knight Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences from 1998 to 1999 there.
In 1994 he worked as an Emil and Kathleen Sick Lecturer and a visiting professor at the University of Washington, Seattle in 1995. From 1994 to 1997 Quintard was a member of the Washington State Historical Records Advisory Board. In 1997 Taylor was a visiting professor at Pepperdine University. In the same year, he was David E. Miller Lecturer at the University of Utah. In 1999 he was appointed Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American History. He is a speaker at colleges and universities, including Salisbury State University, University of Wyoming, University of Texas at El Paso, and the University of Vermont. He is a consultant to Great Plains Black Museum, Black American West Museum, and to public television stations and film companies.
(This two-volume reader begins with medieval readings from...)
2008(This two-volume reader begins with medieval readings from...)
2008(A pioneering illustrated history of the role of African A...)
1998(This remarkable book shares the difficulties in his perso...)
2010(The author of In Search of the Racial Frontier examines t...)
2001(African American women in the West have long been stereot...)
2003(Through much of the twentieth century, black Seattle was ...)
1994(This invaluable reference timeline charts African America...)
2009Quintard Taylor is a member of the Organization of American Historians, of the American Historical Association, of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, of the Association for Asian American Studies, of the Black Heritage Society of Washington State, of the Golden Key National Honor Society, of the Southern Conference on Afro-American Studies, of the Urban History Association, and of the Western History Association.
On August 2, 1969, Quintard Taylor married Carolyn E. Fain. They divorced and have three children: Quintard Taylor III, Jamila E., William M.