Oral history of Sharon Morris
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2022-08-24
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Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries
Abstract
Sharon Morris, MLS discusses her career as a librarian at Johns Hopkins University. She gives details about her upbringing and education in West Baltimore, her educational experience at Morgan State University (an HBCU), and how her career evolved from initially wanting to teach. She describes her family, her work friends and collaborators, relationships with alumni, and her deep involvement with the Black Faculty and Staff Association, as well as her longstanding stewardship of the Indispensable Role of Blacks at Hopkins Project. Sharon’s deep connections working with the Fred Scott Brigade and Society of Black Alumni are also topics of conversation. Lastly, Sharon shares some tidbits about what she’ll do in retirement. This oral history is part of the Hopkins Retrospective oral histories series.