The HistoryMakers video oral history with Janette Hoston Harris.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 12 min., 12 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2004.122 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Harris, Janette Hoston, 1939- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Hamilton, Racine Tucker, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Lane, Edgar Carey, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Janette Hoston Harris |
| Portion of title | Janette Hoston Harris |
| Abstract | Historian Janette Hoston Harris was born on September 7, 1939 in Monroe, Louisiana. While attending Southern University in 1960, Harris and six other students were arrested attempting to desegregate an all-white lunch counter. The arrest resulted in her expulsion from Southern and any other Louisiana college by order of the governor. In 1960, Harris' case, "Hoston v. the State of Louisiana" was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, argued and won by Thurgood Marshall. She earned her B.A. degree in psychology in 1962 from Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio. After working for the Peace Corps, she taught in Washington, D.C. public schools. In 1970, she worked for the Association for Study of Afro-American Life and History. After earning her Ph.D. degree from Howard University in 1975, Harris taught history at Federal City College (now University of the District of Columbia). In 1998, Harris was appointed as the city historian for Washington, D.C. |
| Credits | Videographer, Edgar Carey Lane. |
| Performer | Racine Tucker Hamilton, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2004 August 10. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2004.122 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |