Harris, Abram Lincoln, 1899-1963

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Dates:

Birth 1899-01-17

Death 1963-11-06

Language: English,

Biographical notes:

African American economist and educator.

From the description of Papers, 1919-1929. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70941142

1899 January 17 Born in Richmond, Va. son of Abram and Mary E. Harris. 1922 Received B.S. degree, Virginia Union University, Richmond, VA. 1924 Received M.A. degree, University of Pittsburgh, Pa. 1926 June 6 Married Callie McGuinn. 1925 26 Served as Executive Secretary, Minneapolis Urban League. 1927 45 Served on the faculty, Howard University (1936-45). Served as chairman of the department of economics. 1931 Received Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University, New York; dissertation entitled The Black Worker. Published The Black Worker, Sterling Spero co-author. 1936 Published The Negro As Capitalist. 1946 63 Served as professor in the Department of Philosophy and the College, University of Chicago. 1963 November 16 Died in Chicago, IL.

Source: Logan, Rayford W. and Winston, Michael R. Dictionary of American Negro Biography, 1982

From the guide to the Abram Lincoln Harris Papers, 1919-1929, (Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University)