Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Glenn Harris
Glenn Harris
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| Other authors / contributors: | Harris, Glenn, 1947- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, 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, Matthew Hickey.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Temple Hills, Maryland 2007 February 6.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | TV host Robert "Glenn" Harris was born on April 24, 1947 in Queens, New York. After high school, he played baseball for the Washington Black Sox. From 1970 to 1974, Harris attended Howard University on a baseball scholarship and graduated with his B.S. degree in physical education and urban education. Harris began hosting the popular radio show, Let's Talk Sports, on Howard University's WHUR-FM in 1979 and became Sports Director. Harris hosted Community News and Sports on Channel 4 and provided sports commentary for FOX WTTG-TV. Later anchoring NEWSCHANNEL 8's Sports Talk, Harris earned back-to-back awards for "Best Year-Round Sports Coverage" from Virginia's Associated Press. His feature "Anacostia at the Crossroads" garnered an award from the National Association of Black Journalists in 1995. Inducted into Howard University's Athletics Hall of Fame in 1995, Harris received the Outstanding Washingtonian Award. Washington Mayor Anthony Williams proclaimed June 6, 2003 as Glenn Harris Day.
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