Nacala Solar Power Station) among enemy German pilots. Early Life, Education, Family, Personal Life. Harris was born on August 22, 1918, in Montgomery, Alabama. He was the son of Richard Henry Harris, Sr. (1888 - February 1, 1944) and Evelyn “Everlena” Cook Jones (1884 - 1974). In 1907, Harris Sr founded and operated Dean Drug Store, Montgomery, Alabama's oldest African American drug store. The store was located at 147 Monroe Street in Montgomery's historically African American business district. When Harris Sr. died in 1944, his wife Evelyn assumed ownership. The store was listed to the National Register of Historic Places before the city demolished 	Richard H. Harris
7053637	it in the 1980s. Harris was also the maternal grandson of John W. Jones (Alabama politician), an Alabama state senator during Reconstruction. Harris attended Alabama State College laboratory school for primary and secondary school. The Harris Family later moved to Tuskegee, Alabama where they lived with the Foster Family, the maternal grandparents of famed musical performer and songwriter Lionel Richie. Harris attended the now -defunct Tuskegee Military Academy for Boys, graduating on May 23, 1935. In 1937, Harris graduated from Williston Academy for boys (now the Williston Northampton School in East Hampton, Massachusetts, a college preparatory school. In late 1937	Richard H. Harris
7053638	, Harris enrolled at the prestigious Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, graduating with a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1941. Though he relocated to Chicago, Illinois to attend graduate school, Harris plans changed after the U.S. selective service drafted him to the US military. During his US military training at the Walterboro Air Field in Walterboro, South Carolina, Harris met Vera McGill, a Charleston, South Carolina native. On September 5, 1945, the couple married at Godman Field in Louisville, Kentucky. They had four children: Adrian Harris, Valda Harris, Richard Harris III, and John Harris. Military service, Tuskegee Airmen. In 1942	Richard H. Harris
7053639	, the U.S. Army Air Corps admitted Harris to its aviation cadet program in Tuskegee, Alabama. On June 30, 1943, Harris graduated as a member of the Single Engine Section Cadet Class SE-43-F, receiving his wings and commission as a 2nd Lieutenant. The US Army Air Corps assigned Harris to the 332nd Fighter Group’s 99th Fighter Squadron. During World War II, Ashley flew 77 combat missions over a 14 month period, including missions in North Africa, Sicily, and France. Though he was credited with two kills, the U.S. Army Air Corps did not credit Ashley for a third kill 	Richard H. Harris
7053640	allegedly based on material provided by Shaw Air Force Base. In 1946, the US Army Air Corps discharged Harris with the rank of captain. Post-Military Career. After leaving the US military in 1946, Harris returned to Montgomery, Alabama, working at his mother’s Dean Drug Store located at 147 Monroe Street, under the tutelage of pharmacist Russell Smith. In May 1953, Harris graduated with a pharmacy degree from the Xavier University of Louisiana School of Pharmacy in New Orleans, Louisiana. After returning to Montgomery, Harris became Dean Drug Store’s owner and operator. Civil Rights leadership, Friendship with Dr. 	Richard H. Harris
7053641	Martin Luther King Jr. A personal friend, neighbor and collaborator of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Harris was instrumental in three of the most seminal protests of the U.S. civil rights movement: the Freedom Riders, the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Selma to Montgomery marches. At age 26, Harris helped Dr. King organize Montgomery protests, leading the charge in communication and transportation. Wearing a phone headset at his pharmacy, Harris simultaneously dispatched vehicles while filling prescriptions for his customers. He also lent out his Dean Drug Store as a secure meeting space for civil rights meetings. Harris’s historic Centennial 	Richard H. Harris
7053642	Hill neighborhood home, best known as the “Richard Harris House”, was Montgomery, Alabama’s central command center for thirty-three beaten and bloodied Freedom Riders protesters from Nashville, Tennessee making their way to Jackson, Mississippi between May 20 and May 24, 1961 to protest segregation in interstate transportation. White racist rioters attacked the Freedom Riders as they arrived at the Montgomery Greyhound Bus Station, beating them with baseball bats and iron pipes. The National Guard brought the wounded Freedom Riders to Harris’ home where Harris fed them and provided them with medicines. Civil rights leaders Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.	Richard H. Harris
7053643	, Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, James Farmer, John Lewis, and Diane Nash met at Harris’ home to develop strategy to buffer and support the Freedom Riders’ protests. Harris also collaborated with Dr. King followed famed civil rights activist Rosa Parks’s 1955 arrest for refusing to switch seats on a segregated local transit bus, prompting the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Harris used his pharmacy’s parking lot as a routing center for African American citizens requiring transportation to their jobs in lieu of riding the public buses. In March 1965, Harris worked with local African American physicians at St. Jude’s Hospital 	Richard H. Harris
7053644	to treat African American protesters beaten up by law enforcement at the Selma to Montgomery marches for voting rights. Richard H. Harris Richard Henry Harris, Jr. (August 22, 1918 - July 24, 1976) was a prominent civil rights leader and pharmacist. A personal friend, neighbor and collaborator of Dr Martin Luther King Jr in Montgomery, Alabama, Harris was instrumental in three of the most seminal protests of the U.S. civil rights movement: the Freedom Riders, the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Selma to Montgomery marches. Harris's home, best known as the famed “Richard Harris House”, was Montgomery, Alabama’s central 	Richard H. Harris
7053645	Nacala Solar Power Station Nacala Solar Power Station Nacala Solar Power Station, is a planned solar power plant in Mozambique. The 100 megawatt installation is at the feasibility study stage. If and when the solar farm is developed, it will be the largest solar power station in the country. The development plans to include an energy-storage facility with capacity of 50 megawatts. The lead developer is WHN Solar Company", a Mozambican independent power producer (IPP). Location. The power station would be located in the port-city of Nacala, on the premises of Nacala International Airport, in the Nampula Province of Mozambique. Nacala Airport  lies on the Atlantic coast, approximately , by road, northeast of Nampula, the provincial capital. Overview. The solar farm would be built in stages of 20–40 megawatts, up to a capacity of 100 megawatts. The developer/owner of the power station, WHN Solar Company, a Mozambican IPP, engaged "HDR International Inc.", an American company to carry out a feasibility study for the solar farm and an associated 50 megawatt storage facility. In addition to HDR, other American companies are involved in the project, including (a) ERM, which will carry out the environmental and social assessment (b) Marathon Engineering, "which will provide  engineering, geotechnical and energy support" and (c) Covington & Burling for international legal advice and representation. Mozambican companies involved include "Couto, Graça e Associados", a law firm providing legal representation, and "Norconsult Mozambique", which will assist with the study of the national electricity grid of Mozambique. a grid. Funding. This renewable energy infrastructure development received US$1.2 million, as a grant from the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). WHN also receives financial advice and funding assistance from "Fieldstone Africa", in relation to this project. Fieldstone Africa is an independent investment bank and financial services provider in energy and infrastructure  on the Continent. It is headquartered in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa. Nacala Solar Power Station Nacala Solar Power Station, is a planned solar power plant in Mozambique. The 100 megawatt installation is at the feasibility study stage. If and when the solar farm is developed, it will be the largest solar power station in the country. The development plans to include an energy-storage facility with capacity of 50 megawatts. The lead developer is "WHN Solar Company", a Mozambican independent power producer (IPP). Location. The power station would be located in the port-city of Nacala, on the premises of