Hare, Nathan

Nathaniel Hare (April 9, 1933 – June 10, 2024) was an American sociologist, activist, academic, and psychologist. In 1968 he was the first person hired to coordinate a Black studies program in the United States. He established the program at San Francisco State University. A graduate of Langston University and the University of Chicago, he became involved in the Black Power movement while teaching at Howard University. After being fired as chair of the Black Studies program at San Francisco State, in November 1969 Hare and Robert Chrisman co-founded the journal, The Black Scholar: A Journal of Black Studies and Research. Nathan Hare was founding publisher of the journal from 1969 to 1975. After earning a PhD in clinical psychology, Hare set up a private practice in Oakland and San Francisco. He founded the Black Think Tank with his wife, Julia Hare, and published a periodical called Black Male/Female Relationships for several years. He and Julia Hare have written and published several books together on Black families and Black history.