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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Charles F. Harris
Charles F. Harris
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| Other authors / contributors: | Harris, Charles F., 1934-2015, interviewee.
Wilson, Shawn, interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
Shawn Wilson, interviewer.
Recorded New York, New York 2005 June 8.
Recorded New York, New York 2005 July 28.
Recorded New York, New York 2005 August 2.
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| Summary: | Publisher Charles F. Harris was born on January 3, 1934 in Portsmouth, Virginia. After graduating in 1955 from Virginia State University with a B.A. degree, Harris began his publishing career in 1956 at Doubleday & Company. As an editor of Doubleday's Publishing Division, he launched the Zenith Book Series. In 1967, he joined Random House as senior editor where he edited Amistad and also acquired The Greatest by Muhammad Ali with Richard Durham. In 1971, Harris was recruited to create and manage the Howard University Press where he served as the first chief executive, supervising all book publishing. In 1986, he founded Amistad Press which included works by John H. Johnson and Arthur Ashe. It featured the Amistad Literary Series which contained studies of Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Gloria Naylor, Alice Walker and Toni Morrison. Harris passed away on December 16, 2015 at age 81.
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