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Follow on Google News | District of Columbia Historian, Dr. Janette Hoston Harris, dies at 79Founder of Washington, DC Hall of Fame Society Leaves Strong Legacy
By: Washington D.C. Hall of Fame Society 
Dr. Jan (1) Born September 7, 1939 to the late Eluen Hoston, Sr. and Maude Hoston. Harris attended school in her birthplace of Monroe, Louisiana, and graduated from Carroll High School in 1956. As a civil-minded student, Harris' postsecondary studies at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, were interrupted after she was arrested and expelled for leading a sit-in at S.H. Kress Lunch Counter on March 28, 1960. As a result, the Hoston family was kicked out of the state and landed in Washington, D.C. When the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled no breach of peace law was broken, heard her trial in December 1961, the determined scholar was already enrolled at Central State University, under President Charles Harris Wesley, in Wilberforce, Ohio, where she obtained a B.A. in Psychology in 1962. This same year, she wed the love of her life Dr. Rudolph Harris. They have two children Rylan and Junie Harris. Committed to preserving African-American history, Harris went on to earn a Ph.D. in History (1975) from Howard University. She worked for the Peace Corps and the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History. She taught history in D.C. Public Schools, Afro American History of Women at the University of the District of Columbia, Bowie State University, and at Lorton prison, among others. A 56-year-resident of the District, Harris served as campaign manager for the Carter-Mondale re-election campaign; directed the Mayor's Office of Intergovernmental Relations under Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly; served as the first-ever appointed historian for the District of Columbia; and was appointed by Mayor Muriel Bowser to the D.C. Commission to Commemorate and Recognize the Honorable Marion S. Barry Jr. She also founded the D.C. Chapter of National Hook-Up of Black Women, D.C. Chapter of the Red Hat Society, and the Washington, D.C. Hall of Fame Society, which honors and showcases the rich history of Washington through its citizens. Harris owned J.H. Harris & Associates, LLC and was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., The Links, Inc., Continental Society, Inc., and the Alpha Wives, to name a few. Throughout her life, Harris received numerous well-deserved awards for her activism, courage, and dedication to her community and her people. In 2018, Harris was honored as the first inductee in the Southern University Alumni Hall of Fame, and received the Washington, D.C. Hall of Fame Society's Founders' Award. Janette Hoston Harris, a loving wife, mother, and friend, is survived by her husband Rudolph Harris; son Rylan R and wife Beverly; daughter, Junie J; stepson Ronnie Johnson and wife Dorothy; grandchild Kennedy G.; sister Wilhelmina Hoston Suttles; in-laws Frank and Sheryl Harris, and Linda and Walter Caldwell; and a host of cousins, nieces, nephews, relatives, and close friends. The funeral and wake for Janette Hoston Harris will be held on November 15 and 16, 2018 at John Wesley AME Zion Church, located at 1615 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009. Thursday, November 15 - Wake and organizational ceremonies from 6pm-9pm. · Continental Society, Inc. - 6:25pm · Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. – 6:50pm · The Links, Inc. – 7:30pm Friday, November 16 -- Funeral Service · Viewing - 9:00am · Service - 10:00am Internment immediately following at Ft. Lincoln Cemetery, located at 3401 Bladensburg Road Brentwood, Maryland, 20722. Funeral Services provided by Marshall-March Funeral Home Washington D.C. ### Statement from Mayor Muriel Bowser https://mayor.dc.gov/ Statement from Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton https://norton.house.gov/ Statement from Southern University http://www.subr.edu/ End
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