Afrikan Knowledge Beyond The Book Club Presents Author Joe Harper Born in Lambert, Mississippi and raised as a sharecropper's son . The author Joe Harper was the first African-American from Quitman County, Mississippi to receive a Bachelor of Science Degree from Mississippi State University. After receiving his degree, Harper worked as a crop scientist for some of the largest agricultural companies in the nation, until a catastrophic illness forced him to retire in Evansville, Indiana.
Frederick Douglass Author Joe Harper![]()
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| Abolitionist Freedman![]()
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Frederick Douglass Author Joe Harper
| Slave Narratives Autobiography | Runaway Freedom Antebellum | Abolitionist Freedman | Black History African