Quintard Taylor

Taylor was born on December 11, 1948, to Quintard Taylor Sr. and Grace Taylor in Brownsville, Tennessee, where he finished his high school education. and they had three children including politician Jamila Taylor. == Education ==

Taylor graduated from Carver High School in Brownsville, Tennessee. He started his B.A. education, at the age of 16, at St. Augustine's College in Raleigh, North Carolina in American history and graduated in 1969. After finishing college, he started his M.A. degree at the University of Minnesota where he began to research the topics for a new curriculum of African American history study. Allan Spear was one of the professors who introduced an African American history course called African Peoples at the University of Minnesota. Spear was first elected to the Minnesota Senate in 1972, representing a liberal Minneapolis district centered on the University of Minnesota. Taylor graduated in 1971. In 1975, after teaching for four years at Washington State University, he started his Ph.D. program at the University of Minnesota. He finished his graduation in 1977 in History. == Career ==

After he graduated from University of Minnesota in 1971, Taylor started his career as assistant professor at the Washington State University (WSU) in 1971. His awards include a Washington State Jefferson Award (2015) and lifetime achievement award from the Washington State Historical Society. ==Death==

Taylor died in Houston, Texas on September 21, 2025. == Published works ==

Books • The Making of the Modern World: A Reader in 20th Century Global History (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall-Hunt Publishing Company, 1990) • America-I-Am Black Facts: The Story of a People Through Timelines, 1601–2000 (New York: Tavis Smiley Books, 2009) • Dr. Sam, Soldier, Educator, Advocate, Friend: The Autobiography of Samuel Eugene Kelly (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2010) Website • Founder and Director, BlackPast.org. TV series • African Americans in the West, January–February 2006. == References ==