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Curtis W. Harris was born on 1 July, 1924 in Dendron, Virginia, is an American politician. Discover Curtis W. Harris's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 93 years old?

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Age 93 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 1 July 1924
Birthday 1 July
Birthplace Dendron, Virginia
Date of death 10 December, 2017
Died Place Chester, Virginia, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Who Is Curtis W. Harris's Wife?

His wife is Dr. Ruth Jones Harris (deceased)

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Parents Thelma and Sandy Harris
Wife Dr. Ruth Jones Harris (deceased)
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Children Curtis W. Harris Jr., Kenneth C. Harris Sr. (deceased), Michael B. Harris I, Joanne Harris Lucas, Karen D. Bradford, Ruth Michelle Pritchett

Curtis W. Harris Net Worth

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1924

Curtis West Harris (July 1, 1924 – December 10, 2017) was an African-American minister, civil rights activist, and politician in Virginia.

1928

He moved to Hopewell, Virginia with his family in 1928 where he grew into manhood.

1946

Harris married Ruth Jones of Hopewell on February 20, 1946, and they had six children.

1950

Harris' civil rights work began in 1950 with his stint as president of the Hopewell chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

1959

Harris was employed as a janitor at Allied Chemical and Dye Company when he was ordained a Baptist minister in 1959.

1960

In 1960, he was arrested and sentenced to 60 days in jail for his role in a sit-in staged at segregated Georges' Drugstore in Hopewell.

Later that year, he initiated a protest against the city's segregated swimming pool that culminated in the closure of the pool.

In 1960, Harris helped to organize the Hopewell Improvement Association, an affiliate of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and was elected Vice President.

1961

He was named to the Board of Directors of the National SCLC in 1961 while Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was president.

Also in 1961, Harris was cited for contempt by the Boatwright Committee of the Virginia General Assembly for not revealing the names of individuals associated with SCLC and not responding to the questions asked by the committee.

In 1961, he was called to pastor at both Union Baptist Church in Hopewell and Gilfield Baptist Church in Ivor, Virginia.

1962

On March 29, 1962, Dr. King along with more than 100 Virginia ministers and laymen accompanied Harris to his contempt trial (Boatwright Committee) in Hopewell.

1963

He worked with Dr. King on multiple civil rights initiatives, including the March on Washington in 1963 and the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965; and considered him one of his mentors in the Civil Rights Movement.

Harris served as president of the Virginia State Unit of SCLC from 1963–1998, and was elected the National SCLC Vice President in 2005.

1964

As early as 1964, Harris ran for a seat on the Hopewell City Council.

1966

In 1966, Harris led a peaceful demonstration to dissuade the city from building a landfill in Rosedale, a Hopewell African American community; and was confronted by the Ku Klux Klan on the steps of city hall.

Harris was arrested 13 times for civil disobedience during his years of involvement in the Civil Rights Movement and received death threats, as well as an effort to firebomb his home.

1968

In 1968, Harris was appointed to the Virginia Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

1969

First Baptist Church, Bermuda Hundred in Chester, Virginia, was where he first served as a pastor and remained there until 1969.

1983

After seven attempts to be elected, he and many other like-minded residents moved the city of Hopewell to replace its longstanding at-large system with a ward system in 1983.

1986

Harris was finally elected to the Hopewell City Council (Ward 2) in 1986; in 1994 he was elected vice mayor; and in 1998, Harris was sworn in as the first African-American mayor of Hopewell.

1987

In 1987, he led a march against discrimination in Colonial Heights, Virginia.

1996

He filed a racial discrimination complaint, in 1996, against the Fort Lee Army Base.

1998

In 1998 he became Hopewell's first black mayor.

2007

In 2007, Harris demonstrated against a proposed ethanol plant being built in Hopewell with support from the national SCLC.

Harris retired from Gilfield in 1994, and on December 16, 2007, he delivered his final sermon at Union Baptist after a 46-year pastorship.

Harris was also president of the Hopewell Ministerial Association, Moderator/Executive Director of Bethany Baptist Association and Allied Bodies, and affiliated with Lott Carey Foreign Mission.

2011

His loving wife of 65 years, died on May 22, 2011, and his son, Kenneth, died on March 2, 2019.

The "Harris Connection," as the family fondly calls itself, includes Harris' five children---Curtis Jr., Michael, Joanne, Karen, and Michelle as well as two daughters-in-law, one son-in-law, 19 grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren, and six great-great grandchildren.

2012

After 26 years of service to the city as well as to his constituents in Ward 2, Harris retired from his seat on the Hopewell City Council on March 1, 2012.

2014

On February 11, 2014, the Hopewell City Council voted to rename Terminal Street, "Rev C W Harris Street."

For 57 years, Curtis and Ruth Harris lived at 209 Terminal Street, the street in Hopewell which now bears his name.

The council also voted to rename Booker Street (which intersects Rev. C. W. Harris Street), "Ruth Harris Way" in honor of Harris' late wife, Dr. Ruth J. Harris.

The Street Sign Ceremony, hosted by the Hopewell City Council, was held at Union Baptist Church on June 15, 2014, to pay tribute to Curtis and Ruth Harris.

Herbert Bragg, Hopewell's Intergovernmental and Public Affairs Director was master of ceremony, music was rendered by the Harris Connection Singers (Harris' children and grandchildren) and statements were made by Union Baptist Pastor Dr. Anthony Nutt, Hopewell Mayor Michael Bujakowski, Hopewell Vice Mayor Jasmine Gore, Hopewell City Manager Mark Haley, Hopewell Councilwoman Brenda Pelham, Hopewell Councilwoman Jackie Shornak, Virginia State Senator Henry Marsh, and Dr. Joanne H. Lucas (Harris' daughter).

Letters were read from Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, U.S. Senator Mark Warner and U.S. Senator Timothy Kaine.

2017

On July 1, 2017, Harris celebrated his 93rd birthday with family and friends at a program,"The Life and Legacy of Rev. Dr. Curtis West Harris," hosted by Union Baptist Church where he was Pastor Emeritus.

He died in Chester, Virginia at The Crossings at Ironbridge on December 10, 2017, at the age of 93.