Oral history of Leonard Harris, 1 of 3

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

Description:

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.

Subject:

Community museums, Martinsburg (W. Va.), School integration, Berkeley County (W. Va.), African Americans--History, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Segregation in education

Rights:

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Location:

Martinsburg (W. Va.)

Format:

audio/wav

Language:

English

Source:

A&M 4224, West Virginia Folklife Program Collection