Carl Harris

Carl Vernon Harris (born in Jennings, Louisiana; died May 14, 2018 in Santa Barbara, California) was a historian. He was the author of two important books of Birmingham history, Political Power in Birmingham, 1871-1921, published in 1977, and Segregation in the New South: Birmingham, Alabama, 1871–1901, published posthumously in 2022.

Harris grew up with two younger siblings on his parents' rice farm in Jennings, Louisiana. His father was a minister in the Church of the Brethren, and his mother was music director.