James Harris, Seventh Grade

ID: 2385 ~ Source: "The Lion," A.J. Moore Yearbook, 1945, The Texas Collection, Baylor University.
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James Harris, Seventh Grade

Harris attended A. J. Moore, the only school available to African Americans in Waco in the 1940s. This image shows Harris as a seventh-grader in 1945.

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By Anabel Burke
James Andrew Harris shook the science world in 1969 for two reasons. First, he co-discovered elements 104 and 105 on the periodic table, a massive accomplishment. Second, he was the first African American in history to discover an element. James…