Vincent harding on african-american history

Vincent had a number of memorable teachers at Morris High School and his experience there was very important in shaping his identity..

Harding built institutions that spoke to the African American experience.

Vincent Gordon Harding (July 25, – May 19, ) was an African-American pastor, historian, and scholar of various topics with a focus on American.

Vincent had a number of memorable teachers at Morris High School and his experience there was very important in shaping his identity.

For all of the continuity of African-American history, including the long history of struggle, the years between 19represented a new moment.

From an unflinchingly black perspective, Harding writes of the struggle of heroic African americans to achieve freedom from slavery.

Vincent Harding

American historian and pastor

Vincent Gordon Harding (July 25, – May 19, ) was an African-Americanpastor, historian, and scholar of various topics with a focus on American religion and society.

A social activist, he was perhaps best known for his work with and writings about Martin Luther King Jr., whom Harding knew personally. Besides having authored numerous books such as There Is A River, Hope and History, and Martin Luther King: The Inconvenient Hero, he served as co-chairperson of the social unity group Veterans of Hope Project and as Professor of Religion and Social Transformation at Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado.^[1] When Harding died on May 19, , his daughter, Rachel Elizabeth Harding, publicly eulogized him on the Veterans of Hope Project website.^[2] &#;

Education

Harding was born on July 25, , in Harlem, New York,^[3]^[4] and attended New York public schools, graduating from Morris High Sc