Title: Charles Henry Papers, 1966-1998 April 27
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Arrangement
The Charles P. Henry Papers are arranged chronologically. Files with the same date are further arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Abstract
Charles Patrick Henry III graduated from Denison University in 1969 and worked at the University from 1976-1980 as an assistant professor and director of the Black Studies Center. The Charles P. Henry Papers, dated 1966-1998 April 27, contain materials from Henry’s time as an employee of Denison University.
Administrative/Biographical History
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.
