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Abram Lincoln Harris

1899–1963

United States

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Abram Lincoln Harris Jr. (January 17, 1899 – November 6, 1963) was an American economist, academic, anthropologist and a social critic of the condition of black people in the United States. He was considered by many as the first African American to achieve prominence in the field of economics.

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