Earlie Endris Thorpe (November 9, 1924 – January 30, 1989) was a professor of history, an author, and clergyman in the United States.
He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in history from North Carolina College for Negroes.
[3] He and his wife, Martha Vivian Branch, had two daughters: Rita Harrington and Gloria Earl.
[1] Marcus P. Nevius delivered the 30th Annual Earlie E. Thorpe Memorial Lecture at North Carolina Central University in 2020.
"Earlie Thorpe: Antiracist Scholar Who Centered Black Voices in US History.” Review of The Central Theme of Black History, by Earlie Thorpe.