He renamed himself as John Henrik, after the rebel Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and added an “e” to his surname, spelling it as “Clarke.” The reasoning for this is unknown, as John did not document this change in any of his personal diaries.Īrriving in Harlem at the age of 18 in 1933, Clarke developed as a writer and lecturer during the Great Depression years, becoming a part of the movement we now understand as the Harlem Renaissance. There he pursued scholarship and activism. ![]() This period refers to the time during 19, where African Americans moved from the southern states, to the northern states in search of work and a better quality of life. ![]() John Henrik Clarke was a Pan-Africanist writer, historian, professor, and a pioneer in the creation of Africana studies and professional institutions in academia starting in the late 1960s.īorn John Henry Clark on January 1, 1915, in Union Springs, Alabama, John left the family farm in Columbus in 1933 to Harlem, New York during the period some historians refer to as The Great Migration.
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