Person

Drake, St. Clair

1911–1990

Drake, St. Clair, a civil rights activist, anthropologist; born 02 January 1911 in Suffolk, Virginia, United States; graduated with honors from the Hampton Institute (1931); taught high school at a Quaker boarding school for African Americans; degree in Anthropology from University of Chicago (1946); worked at Roosevelt University in Chicago; in 1969, recruited to direct Stanford University’s African and African-American Studies Program; died 15 June 1990 in Palo Alto, California, United States.