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Her primary subjects are the culinary history, foodways, and recipes of the African diaspora. She hosts a monthly program, My Welcome Table, on Heritage Radio Network. She became a professor emeritus in the English Department at Queens College/C.U.N. She was book review editor at Essence and theater critic for New York Amsterdam News, the United States’ oldest black newspaper. In the 1970s, Harris started her career as a journalist before becoming a food writer. Jessica Harris, Lifetime Achiever in Black History Jessica Harris’ Rich Career

In 1972, Harris traveled to West Africa to work on her doctoral dissertation. She then earned her master’s degree from Queens College (1971) and a Ph.D. Following graduation, Harris returned to France to study at the Universite de Nancy for one year. In her junior year at Bryn Mawr, Harris studied in Paris. She graduated from the High School of Performing Arts when she was sixteen years old and went on to earn an A.B. Harris attended the United Nations International School in New York City. In this Black History Month, I chose a lady who made a remarkable contribution to black history.īeing the only child in her family, Jessica Harris was born in Queens, New York in 1948. They overcame challenges in order to materialize those beliefs.īlack history is an important part of the world’s heritage, which enriched the world in so many ways. People who left their mark in the world and influenced others did not plan it but they believed in something. History turns what is good and what is bad into references that we go back to and learn from.Īdmittedly, writing history is great but making it is a different story. History is the recording of events, incidents, and stories that happen to us and to other people. History is made by us, we live it and we write it too. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong” What is Black History in History? Ella Fitzgerald rightly says “ Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Jessica B Harris is one of the distinguished contributors to the enrichment of black history.