Alrutheus Ambush Taylor, a pioneering African American historian and educator, was born on this day in Washington, D.C. Taylor was instrumental in documenting Black experiences during the Reconstruction era, particularly the role of African Americans in the South after the Civil War.
He earned degrees from Harvard University and later taught at Fisk University and Howard University, where he worked to establish a robust archive of African American history. His scholarship helped lay the foundation for the study of Black history as an academic discipline.
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