Harris, a resident of Springfield, serves as the Library Service Director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. She discusses her decision to attend library school at UIUC and the Patriot Act. Harris, a librarian at Sangamon State University (now UIS), was the first African-American hired as a librarian at the Lincoln Public Library in Springfield and worked at SIU School of Medicine Library for several years. Harris also portrays the character of Harriet Tubman at local historical events.
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