Researching Ralph Luker
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 766 people with the Luker surname? In that year Luker was ranked number 2815 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Ralph means "Wolf Counselor" and is of Teutonic origin.
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Ralph Luker
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.
Ralph Luker founded the Cliopatria history group blog on the History News Network of George Mason University's Center for History and New Media. He closed Cliopatria in March 2012 after moderating this group blog for eight and a quarter years.
Luker had taught in departments of history at Allegheny College, Antioch College, and Morehouse College, and in departments of religion at Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Luker lived in Arden, Delaware from 1980 until 1986 when he and his family (wife and two daughters) moved to Atlanta, Georgia to begin work on The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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.
Ralph E. Luker died in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday August 8, 2015.
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