Clement Alexander Price

Author and educator Clement Alexander Price was the official historian for the city of Newark as well as a member of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

The following is from the U.S. Senate Congressional Record as entered by Senator Cory Booker:
"The foremost authority on the history of African Americans in New Jersey, Clement Alexander Price was born in 1945 in Washington, D.C., to James Price, Sr. and Anna Christine Spann Price. He inherited his love of history from his parents, and since then instilled in generations this love for history. After earning his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the University of Bridgeport, Clem came to Newark to teach at Essex Community College. He earned his Ph.D. at Rutgers University, became a professor at Rutgers University-Newark, and founded the Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience."