Earl E. Thorpe

Earlie Endris Thorpe (November 9, 1924 - January 30, 1989) was a professor of history, an author, and clergyman in the United States. He lived in Durham, North Carolina and was a professor at North Carolina Central University for 27 years. Duke University has a collection of his papers and correspondence.

He and his wife, Martha Vivian Branch, had two daughters: Rita Harrington and Gloria Earl.

Legacy
Marcus P. Nevius delivered the 30th Annual Earl E. Thorpe Memorial Lecture at North Carolina Central University in 2020.

Writings

 * "Negro Historiography in the United States", dissertation
 * Negro Historians in the United States (1958)
 * The Desertion of Man: A Critique of Philosophy of History (1958)
 * The Mind of the Negro: An Intellectual History of Afro-Americans (1961)
 * Eros and Freedom in Southern Life and Thought (1967)
 * The Central Theme of Black History (1969)
 * "The Black Experience in America" editor, ten-booklet series
 * Struggle for a nation's conscience : the civil rights movement
 * Pioneers and Planters; Black Beginnings in America with Joseph Penn, American Education Publications (1971)
 * The Old South: A Psychohistory (1972)
 * "Black history and the organic perspective : an essay to introduce the directory and bibliography no. 870-872" (1975)
 * "The uses of Black history : a speech delivered during the observance of Black History Week", February 11, 1980
 * African Americans and the Sacred: Spirituals, Slave Religion, and Symbolism (1982)
 * Slave Religion, Spirituals, and C. J. Jung (1983)
 * A Concise History of North Carolina Central University (1984)