Harry Lennix

Harry Lennix

Vocal Performance “Mary’s Mud Puddle” - A Bedtime Project
Advisor - Black University

He is also on the Advisory Council for Northwestern University, his alma mater, and is a board member of Reading Rescue, a training program for educators teaching reading skills to at risk elementary school children.

Harry Lennix is an American actor who was born and raised on Chicago's Southside where he served as a teacher for the Chicago Public Schools. Lennix is active in various civic groups, and has served as a spokesman for NOBLE, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, as well as being an ambassador to the National Association of Drug Court Professionals.

In 1989, along with renowned director Chuck Smith, he founded Legacy Productions, a company dedicated to promoting significant works about the African American experience. He is currently developing the Lillian Marcie Performance Arts Center, and recently co-founded AAMPA: African American Museum for the Performing Arts.