BiographyLooking for a unique speaker for your next event? Someone your group will never forget? Someone with a message that matters and a delivery style that is humorous and entertaining, yet thought-provoking? Look no further because Richard C. Harris is all that and much more!
Richard C. Harris, Ed.D. ran the largest underground terrorist organization in the midwest during the mid to late 1970s. Thirty years later, he captivates his audiences with stories they'll never hear anywhere else and challenges them with lessons he's learned on his journey from racism, bigotry, and prejudice to acceptance, love, and tolerance.
He is an accomplished speaker in the areas of leadership, diversity, motivation, and race relations. A popular speaker on college campuses, church and corporate settings, Dr. Harris is one speaker the audience never forgets. He is the author of the provocative book, "One Nation Under CURSE" as well as a university professor, pastor, and civil rights/social justice activist. He has adopted the motto, "If it is not justice for all, it is not justice at all."
Dr. Harris is available for
- Keynotes
- Commencement Addresses
- Orientation/Welcome Week
- Chapel Services
- Lectures
- Black History Month Events
- Student Leadership Events
- Classroom Programs.
NEW TALKS FOR 2009-2010
- One Nation Under CURSE -- Dr. Harris walks you through his chilling journey into the highest ranks of the KKK and back out to freedom
- Leadership Lessons Learned as a Terrorist -- Valuable lessons Dr. Harris learned during his four years as an underground terrorist
- Five Steps to Racial Harmony -- From Someone Who Has Lived It -- From white supremacist leader to co-pastor of an all-black congregation, Dr. Harris understands racial harmony and what it takes to achieve it
- The State of Hate -- As an Ex-Klan leader, Dr. Harris examines race relations in America today
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT DR. HARRIS AND HIS NEW BOOK:
"Harris . . . now has a different mission . . . speaking out against racial bias." ASSOCIATED PRESS
"Harris rails against . . . the evils of racism. He doesn't offer many excuses about his role in the Klan; his penance, if you want to call it that, is to keep other young people from the same entanglement." INDIANAPOLIS STAR
"Harris relishes delivering his message . . . a message denouncing racism and bigotry." SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
"Harris ought to know the Klan. For two years he served as a Grand Dragon in one of the larger Klan groups in the Midwest. Now, he campaigns against the Klan across the country." INDIANAPOLIS NEWS
A recent reviewer of Dr. Harris' new book, "One Nation Under CURSE" describes it as: "... a sometimes harrowing, sometimes comic account of life in an organization that is a dangerous combination of neighborhood club and al-Qaida." LAKELAND LEDGER
Dr. Harris has recently appeared on WMUZ Detroit, Janet Parshall's America, The Pat Williams (Orlando Magic Exec. VP) Show, Moody Radio; CJCA (Canada), KBJS Texas, LeSEA Television (Indiana), The Rock Radio Network (Puerto Rico); with upcoming appearances on DAYSTAR TV Network as well as many others.