Shirla R. McClain, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetShirla R. McClain
historian, educator
Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1935
Place of Birth: Akron, Ohio, United States
Date of Death: 31-May-1997
Profession: historian
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Shirla R. McClain
- Shirla Lorraine Robinson McClain, Ph.D.
- (February 4, 1935 – May 31, 1997) is an American educator.
- Dr.
- McClain is best known for her doctoral dissertation on the history of African Americans in Akron.
- The dissertation was the first comprehensive history of African–Americans in Akron.
- While she planned to have her dissertation commercially published, she was unable to see this desire come to pass prior to her death in 1997.
- The work has been posthumously published online through a joint effort of the McClain family, the University of Akron, and the Akron-Summit County Public Library.
- She is a native of Akron, Ohio.
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