Harold Cruse
| Harold Cruse | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 8, 1916 Petersburg, Virginia, U.S. | 
| Died | March 26, 2005 (aged 89) Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. | 
| Alma mater | City College of New York (did not graduate) | 
| Occupation | Academic | 
| Employer | University of Michigan | 
| Known for | The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual | 
Harold Wright Cruse (March 8, 1916 – March 26, 2005) was an American academic who was a social critic and teacher of African American studies at the University of Michigan until the mid-1980s. The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual (1967) is his best-known book.