Dear Harriet
Dear Harriet, It is comforting to know that in homes and cottages, workplaces and Internet cafés and yes, institutions too, across this continent and beyond, people like me are wrapping ourselves in...
View ArticleRemembering Harriet… from Toronto.
The first time I saw Harriet, she was staring back at me from the cover of “The New York Times’ Magazine. It was a colleague who introduced me to Harriet. I was new to working with this man, 30 years...
View ArticleMemorial plans
Word has come from Harriet Johnson’s family that they are planning to hold a memorial/celebration of Harriet’s life on Sunday, August 17, at 2:00 p.m., somewhere in Charleston. They are also planning...
View ArticleHarriet McBryde Johnson Memorial Scholarship
People who wish to honor Harriet McBryde Johnson may make a memorial gift in her name to a scholarship fund at the University of South Carolina School of Law. Contributions are being accepted now....
View ArticleNorma remembering Harriet
On Wednesday, June 4, 2008, I and many other people lost a good friend. Harriet McBryde Johnson of Charleston, SC died that morning. Why am I writing this letter now? July 8, 2008 would have been...
View ArticleHarriet McBryde Johnson’s 18th Annual Labor Day Telethon Protest
The following message comes from Charleston, from Harriet’s good friend John Polito: Dear Friends of Harriet, We now have in hand a protest permit for next Monday from 10-12:30 at the intersection of...
View ArticleMy remarks from Harriet’s memorial service, 8/17/08
Like Mike [Ervin, who spoke before me], I first met Harriet organized as a result of organizing a protest against the Jerry Lewis Telethon. What Mike didn’t mention was that the Muscular Dystrophy...
View ArticleTelethon Protest 2008 honors Harriet’s memory
For the latest news out of Charleston about the 18th annual protest of the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon, organized in Harriet’s honor by her friends, colleagues, and supporters, click on over to...
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