Glen Harris
Professor
Glen Anthony Harris received his Ph.D. from Florida State University and his MA and BA degrees from North Carolina Central University. He has taught at North Carolina Central University, North Carolina A&T State University, and Florida A&M University before joining UNCW's history department in 2002.
He is the author of the following books:
Social Justice and Liberation Struggles: The Photojournalist and Public Relations Career of Alexander McAllister Rivera Jr., (Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, May 2023). Alexander Rivera Jr. was a prolific photojournalist and a foremost public relations specialist. Well-known for his long association with North Carolina Central University, his livelihood and professional career extended well beyond Durham, North Carolina. Rivera Jr. not only created a body of work that preserved critical aspects of African American and American history on the local, state, national, and international levels, he also personified the philosophies of confidentiality and anonymity essential in the field of public relations to maneuver and operate in the complex environment of national and state politics.
The Ocean Hill-Brownsville Conflict: Intellectual Struggles between Blacks and Jews at Mid-Century, (Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2012) which examines the role that certain black and Jewish writers and intellectuals played in the characterization of black-Jewish relations in relations from 1900 to the 1968 Ocean Hill-Brownsville school conflict.
In addition, his most recent article publication is:
“The Crisis of Harold Cruse and Adolph Reed: A Perspective on the American Letter’s Tradition,” Journal of Liberal Arts and Humanities, Volume 1, No. 1: 99-110 (January 2020).
Education
Ph.D. in United States Intellectual History, Florida State University
M.A. in African American History, North Carolina Central University
B.A. in American History, North Carolina Central University
Specialization in Teaching
African American History
American History
Sport and Social Justice
Film and History
Wilmington's Black Elite
Research Interests
The African Independence Movement
African American Photojournalists
The African American Intellectual Tradition
Black and Jewish Intellectual Interaction
Social Justice and Liberation Struggles
Film and History