Abstract

In this 2025 interview, Dr. MaryAnn Harris recounts her journey from the Jim Crow South to a distinguished career in education, gerontology, librarianship, and civic leadership in East Cleveland. She describes migrating from Georgia to Cleveland at age eight, overcoming childhood illiteracy, and pursuing higher education at Knoxville College, Wayne State University, Nova Southeastern University, Akron University, and Kent State University. Harris reflects on her extensive professional work as a teacher, gerontology coordinator, college instructor, and longtime librarian in Cleveland and East Cleveland schools. She also discusses her decades of civic service, including roles on the East Cleveland School Board, the East Cleveland Public Library Board of Trustees, and multiple nonprofit organizations.

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Interviewee

Harris, MaryAnn (interviewee)

Interviewer

Mays, Nicholas S. (interviewer)

Project

East Cleveland

Date

11-4-2025

Document Type

Oral History

Duration

90 minutes

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Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License
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