Martin luther king biography clayborne carson

American historian (born 1944)

Clayborne Carson (born June 15, 1944) is an American academic who was a professor of history at Stanford University and director of the Martin Luther King Jr., Research and Education Institute.

Martin luther king biography clayborne carson

Since 1985, he has directed the Martin Luther King Papers Project, a long-term project to edit and publish the papers of Martin Luther King Jr.

Early life and education

Carson was born on June 15, 1944, in Buffalo, New York; son of Clayborne and Louise Carson.

He grew up near Los Alamos, New Mexico, where his was one of a small number of African-American families. He attributes his lifelong interest in the Civil Rights Movement to that experience. "I had this really strong curiosity about the black world, because in Los Alamos the black world was a very few families.

When the civil rights movement started, I had this real fascination with it, and I wanted to meet the people in it."^[1]

After graduating from Los Alamos High Sc