The HistoryMakers video oral history with Jessica B. Harris.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 30 min., 17 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2004.133
Subjects

Other author/creatorHarris, Jessica B., interviewee.
Other author/creatorCrowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Other author/creatorHickey, Matthew, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Jessica B. Harris
Portion of title Jessica B. Harris
Abstract Culinary historian and professor Jessica Harris was born in Queens, New York on March 18, 1948. After high school, Harris attended Bryn Mawr College, earning her A.B. degree in French in 1968. While there, she spent a year abroad in Paris. She returned to France in 1968, attending the Universite de Nancy for a year. She earned her master's degree from Queens College in 1971. Harris earned her Ph.D. degree from New York University in 1983. Harris worked as a lecturer in the department of romance languages at Queens College in 1969. She remained there throughout her career working as an associate professor in the English department. Harris enjoyed a cuisine career, writing on foods from around the world, often with a focus on African and Caribbean flavors. She wrote several books, including The Welcome Table: African-American Heritage Cooking and Iron Pots and Wooden Spoons: Africa's Gifts to New World Cooking.
CreditsVideographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performer Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts 2004 August 18.
Source of descriptionVendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Stock numberA2004.133 HistoryMakers

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