Ralph Edlin Luker (March 1, 1940 - August 8, 2015) was an American historian, teacher, and the author of several books about race, religion and the Civil Rights Movement.
[2] He closed Cliopatria in March 2012 after moderating this group blog for eight and a quarter years.
Luker lived in Arden, Delaware from 1980 until 1986 when he and his family (wife and two daughters) moved to Atlanta, Georgia to begin work on The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.[3] In 1994, when he was assistant professor of history at Antioch College, Luker was denied tenure after accusations of racism by some students.
Outraged by the charges, Luker underwent a hunger-strike but to no avail.
[4][5] Ralph E. Luker died in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday August 8, 2015.