Clarence Taylor is professor emeritus of History at Baruch College in New York City and author of books on racism, religion, and civil rights in 20th-century America.
He spent eight years as special education teacher at Junior High School 278 at Marine Park (Brooklyn).
In 1996, he joined the history department and African-New World Studies Program at Florida International University.
In 2004 he was named Professor of History and Chair of the Department of Black and Latino Studies at Baruch College.
Taylor researches recent civil rights and black power movements, African-American religion, and the modern history of New York City.