Alfreda Harris
Alfreda Ramsey Harris | |
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| Born | 1938 (age 87–88) |
Alfreda Ramsey Harris is a former women's college basketball coach.
Harris is the founder and former administrative coordinator of the Shelburne Recreation Center. Before her administrative career, Harris was the former women's basketball coach at the University of Massachusetts Boston, Roxbury Community College, and Emerson College.[1] Harris was also the longest serving member on the Boston School Committee.[2]
Harris was born in 1938 and raised in Roxbury as the youngest of five children.[3] She graduated from high school in 1955.[3]
Harris served as the deputy commissioner of Parks and Recreation in the Boston Parks Department.[4] Harris founded the SAT preparation program in Boston public schools and the Reebok Educational Athletic Partnership that provides community programs for students.[5]
Harris has been recognized with the Mayor's African American Life Time Award. She was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012.[4] She was the recipient of Boston Municipal Research Bureau's Henry L. Shattuck Award for public service.[6] In 2023, she was recognized as one of "Boston’s most admired, beloved, and successful Black Women leaders" by the Black Women Lead project.[7][8][9]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Alfreda Harris — Boston's First Lady of Basketball - The Sports Museum". www.sportsmuseum.org. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ↑ "Alfreda Harris – Lower Roxbury Black History Project". Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- 1 2 "Lower Roxbury Black History Project". Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- 1 2 "Alfreda Harris | Boston.gov". www.boston.gov. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ↑ "Alfreda Harris – The Bay State Banner". baystatebanner.com. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ↑ "Alfreda Harris (2011) - UMass Boston Athletics Hall of Fame". UMass Boston. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ↑ "Black Women Lead". Greater Grove Hall Main Streets. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ↑ Sullivan, Mike (4 October 2023). "Portraits along Blue Hill Avenue honor Boston's Black women leaders". CBS Boston. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ↑ Gaskin, Ed (10 April 2025). Black Women Lead: Boston's Most Admired, Beloved, and Iconic Leaders, 1700 - Present. Independently published. ISBN 979-8317465209.
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