Background

Luker, Ralph Edlin was born on March 1, 1940 in Louisville. Son of Maurice Sylvester and Beatrice (Edlin) Luker.

Education

Bachelor, Duke University, 1962. Bachelor's Degree, Drew University, 1966. Master of Arts, University North Carolina, 1969.

Doctor of Philosophy, University North Carolina, 1973.

Career

Assistant professor of history Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1972-1979. Executive director Delaware Humanities Forum, Wilmington, 1980-1982. Associate editor, director Martin Luther King Papers Project, Atlanta, 1986-1991.

Associate professor history Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, 1991-1994. Adjunct professor history Morehouse College, Atlanta, 1996-1998. Editor Vernon Johns Papers Project, since 1998.

Visiting professor religion Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, 1979-1980, 83-84, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, 1985-1986. Research associate Rhode Island Black Heritage Society, Providence, 1984. Consultant Boston University, 1992, Martin Luther King Papers Project, Stanford, California, 1995, Project on Theology and Community, Loyola College, Maryland, 1997-1999, 2003.

Founder Cliopatria.

Achievements

• 1996: Black and White Sat Down Together: The Reminiscences of an NAACP Founder. Winner of the 1992 Outstanding Book Award from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights.

Works

Works Gallery

• book

  • The Social Gospel in Black and White: American Racial Reform, 1885-1912 (Studies in Religion)

    (In a major revision of accepted wisdom, this book, origin...)

  • Historical Dictionary of the Civil Rights Movement

    (The Historical Dictionary of the Civil Rights Movement is...)

  • Historical Dictionary of the Civil Rights Movement (Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series)

    ( The fiftieth anniversary of many major milestones in wh...)

  • The Architecture of Ralph Erskine

    (First published in 1981, this edition has been extensivel...)

  • Historical Dictionary of the Civil Rights Movement (Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series) 2nd edition by Richardson, Christopher M., Luker, Ralph E. (2014) Hardcover
  • [ Historical Dictionary of the Civil Rights Movement [ HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT BY Luker, Ralph E. ( Author ) Dec-19-1996 ] By Luker, Ralph E. ( Author ) [ 1996 ) [ Paperback ]

• Other Work

  • Author: The Social Gospel in Black and White, 1991, Historical Dictionary of the Civil Rights Movement, 1997. Editor: Black and White Sat Down Together, 1995, The Papers of Martin Luther King Junior, 1992, 94.

Religion

Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture - published since 1932 by the American Society of Church History.

Politics

1984: A Southern Tradition in Theology and Social Criticism, 1830-1930: The Religious Liberalism and Social Conservatism of James Warley Miles, William Porcher DuBose, and Edgar Gardner Murphy.

Membership

Member community advisory board Station WHYY, public radio/television, Wilmington, Delaware and Philadelphia, 1980-1986. Board directors Station WQLN, public radio/television, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1975-1979. Member American History Association, American Studies Association (Constance Rourke prize committee 1984-1986), Organisation of America Historians, Southern History Association (membership committee 1980-1982, 91), St. George Tucker Society, History News Svc.

(steering com.1997-), Honorary Order Kentucky Colonels, History Society.

Interests

• Other Interests

  Avocations: reading, dancing, antiques.

Connections

Married Jean Holmes Crawford, May 27, 1966. Children: Anne Crawford, Amanda Elizabeth.

father:

Maurice Sylvester Luker

mother:

Beatrice (Edlin) Luker

spouse:

Jean Holmes Crawford

children:

Anne Crawford Luker

Amanda Elizabeth Luker