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- Identifier:
- 4224.HarrisLeonard.AudioInt.001.7.20.16
- Title:
- Oral history of Leonard Harris, 1 of 3
- Date:
- 2016-07-20
- Creator:
- Harris, Leonard
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- African Americans--History, Segregation in education, Berkeley County (W. Va.), African Americans--Appalachian Region, Community museums, Martinsburg (W. Va.), and School integration
- Location:
- Martinsburg (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.HarrisLeonard.AudioInt.002.7.20.16
- Title:
- Oral history of Leonard Harris, 2 of 3
- Date:
- 2016-07-20
- Creator:
- Harris, Leonard
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Berkeley County (W. Va.), School integration, African Americans--Appalachian Region, African Americans--History, Community museums, Martinsburg (W. Va.), and Segregation in education
- Location:
- Martinsburg (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.HarrisLeonard.AudioInt.003.7.20.16
- Title:
- Oral history of Leonard Harris, 3 of 3
- Date:
- 2016-07-20
- Creator:
- Harris, Leonard
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- School integration, African Americans--History, Community museums, Martinsburg (W. Va.), African Americans--Appalachian Region, Berkeley County (W. Va.), and Segregation in education
- Location:
- Martinsburg (W. Va.)
![["With his wife, Leonard Harris (b. Martinsburg, WV, October 30, 1936) is the co-founder of Sumner-Ramer School African American Museum and Archive in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He is an alumnus of Sumner-Ramer, which was the Black school in Berkeley County during segregation. The school closed in 1965, one year after schools in the county were integrated and 10 years after the Brown v. Board ruling. The Sumner-Ramer Museum and Archive is located in a ground-floor room of the school building and contains materials from the school and its alumni, including ephemera, photos, artifacts, portraits, and more."]](/thumb/4224HarrisLeonardIntTranscript72016 "Transcript of oral history of Leonard Harris")
- Identifier:
- 4224.HarrisLeonard.IntTranscript.7.20.16
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Leonard Harris
- Date:
- 2016-07-20
- Creator:
- Harris, Leonard
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Martinsburg (W. Va.), Segregation in education, Community museums, African Americans--History, School integration, Berkeley County (W. Va.), and African Americans--Appalachian Region
- Location:
- Martinsburg (W. Va.) and Berkeley County (W. Va.)
![["With his wife, Leonard Harris (b. Martinsburg, WV, 1936) is the co-founder of Sumner-Ramer School African American Museum and Archive in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He is an alumnus of Sumner-Ramer, which was the Black school in Berkeley County during segregation. The school closed in 1965, one year after schools in the county were integrated and 10 years after the Brown v. Board ruling. The Sumner-Ramer Museum and Archive is located in a ground-floor room of the school building and contains materials from the school and its alumni, including ephemera, photos, artifacts, portraits, and more."]](/thumb/4224HarrisLeonardPhoto00172016 "Leonard Harris at the Sumner-Ramer School African American Museum and Archive in Martinsburg")
- Identifier:
- 4224.HarrisLeonard.Photo.001.7.20.16
- Title:
- Leonard Harris at the Sumner-Ramer School African American Museum and Archive in Martinsburg
- Date:
- 2016-07-20
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Berkeley County (W. Va.), Martinsburg (W. Va.), Community museums, African Americans--History, Segregation in education, School integration, and African Americans--Appalachian Region
- Location:
- Martinsburg (W. Va.) and Berkeley County (W. Va.)
