2018/10/15 by Alisha R. Winn · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Race, History, and American Society
paper · doi:10.5622/illinois/9780252042027.003.0009
openalex publication_date 2018/10/15 · openalex created_date 2019/01/01 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
This essay explores the professional journey of scholar, activist, and pioneer Ira E. Harrison. Harrison was cofounder of the Association of Black Anthropologists and the organization’s first archivist. His educational path, activism in the 1960s, ethnographic research in the black church, and commitment to preserving and recognizing the contributions of black anthropologists, renders him a revolutionary pioneer in anthropology. He has conducted research on traditional medicine and integration on health policy and coedited <italic>African American Pioneers in Anthropology</italic> with Faye Harrison.