Harold Oscar Robinson

Background

Robinson, Harold Oscar was born on April 21, 1943 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Oscar Alexander and Emma (Gale) Robinson.

Education

Bachelor, Rutgers University, 1973. Master of Education, Rutgers University, 1974. Master of Divinity, Hood Theological Seminary, Salisbury, North Carolina, 1998.

Career

Pastor Jonesboro (Tennessee) African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 1989-1990, Brown Hill African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Locust, North Carolina, 1990-1994. 1st resident missionary, presiding elder African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, South Africa, 1994-1996. Associate minister Little Rock African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1996-2000.

Professor humanities Shaw University, Kannapolis, 1997-2001. Teacher social studfies A.L. Brown High School, 1999-2001. Chairman diversity task force Cabarrus County Schools, Concord, North Carolina, 1997-1999.

Assistant professor Essex County College, Newark, 1975-1979. Manager safety, security and law enforcement New Jersey Job Corps Center, Edison, 1978-1983.

Achievements

• Harold Oscar Robinson has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • A history of African-Americans in Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Membership

National Boy Scout director African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Charlotte, 1994-2000. Graduate Challenge Greensboro Clas I, 1989, Leadership Cabarrus, 1994. Delegate Democratic National Convention, New York City, 1980.

Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (president 1991-1993), Phi Beta Sigma.

Interests

• Camping, reading, collecting african american art.

Connections

Married Alice Louise Steele, September 21, 1991. Children: Kheesa L., Harold Oscar.

Father:

Oscar Alexander Robinson

Mother:

Emma (Gale) Robinson

Spouse:

Alice Louise Steele

child:

Kheesa L. Robinson

child:

Harold Oscar Robinson