By Tricia McEldowney
Title: Charles Henry Papers, 1966-1998 April 27
ID: UA/RG-PP/ARCH-002
Primary Creator: Henry, Charles P. (1947-)
Extent: 0.23 Cubic Feet. More info below.
Arrangement: The Charles P. Henry Papers are arranged chronologically. Files with the same date are further arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Subjects: African American students -- Ohio -- 20th century, College administrators -- Ohio -- 20th century, Denison University, Henry, Charles P., 1947-, Private universities and colleges -- Alumni and alumnae -- 20th century, Private universities and colleges -- Ohio -- 20th century, Racial justice in education -- Ohio -- 20th century
Forms of Material: Administrative reports, Correspondence, Newsletters, Newspaper clippings
Languages: English
Charles Patrick Henry III was born August 17, 1947, in Newark, Ohio, to Charles Patrick Henry II and Ruth Holbert Henry. He attended Denison University from 1965-1969. As a student, Henry participated in anti-war rallies and programs to improve race relations. He served three years on the Race Relations Committee of the Denison Campus Association and participated in the Experimental College. Henry graduated in 1969 with a bachelor’s degree in political science. He went on to attend the University of Chicago where he earned both a master’s and a doctorate degree (1974) in political science.
Henry began his teaching career at Howard University in Washington, DC. In 1976, he returned to Denison University as an assistant professor of political studies and director of the Black Studies Center, a position he held until 1980. After a year spent completing a postdoctoral fellowship at Atlanta University, Henry joined the African American Studies department at the University of California Berkeley in 1981. He served as the chair of the board of directors of Amnesty International USA (1986-1988); office director in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor at the United States Department of State (1994-1995) before being appointed to the National Council on the Humanities; and president of the National Council for Black Studies (1993-).
As of 2024, Charles P. Henry is Professor Emeritus of African American Studies at the University of California Berkeley.
African American students -- Ohio -- 20th century
College administrators -- Ohio -- 20th century
Denison University
Henry, Charles P., 1947-
Private universities and colleges -- Alumni and alumnae -- 20th century
Private universities and colleges -- Ohio -- 20th century
Racial justice in education -- Ohio -- 20th century
Repository: Denison University Archives
Alternate Extent Statement: (1) 2.5" legal document box
Access Restrictions: This collection is available for research but may be used only in the Denison University Archives & Special Collections research room.
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Preferred Citation: Charles Henry Papers, Denison University Archives (Granville, Ohio)
Processing Information: Processed by: Tricia McEldowney (2024 November); Finding aid written by: Tricia McEldowney (2024 November)
