Harris, Rencher Nicholas, 1900-1965.
Biographical notes:
African American civic leader during the period following the Brown decision of 1954 and the Civil Rights Movement. Harris was the first African-American city councilman in Durham, N.C., and the first black man to sit on the Durham County Board of Education.
From the description of Rencher Nicholas Harris Papers, 1851-1980; (bulk 1926-1965). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19595545
From the guide to the Rencher Nicholas Harris Papers, 1851-1980 and undated, bulk 1926-1965, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)
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Subjects:
- Education
- African American businesspeople
- African American politicians
- African Americans
- African Americans
- African Americans
- Banks and banking
- Civil rights movement
- Insurance companies
- Municipal governance
- Public schools
- Race relations
- Real estate business
- School integration
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- North Carolina--Durham (as recorded)
- North Carolina (as recorded)
- Durham (N.C.) (as recorded)
- Southern states (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
