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89TH ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY LUNCHEON Association for the Study of African American Life and History

Marriott Wardman Park Hotel • Washington, D.C.FEBRUARY 28, 2015

Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)

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FEBRUARY 28, 2015Annual Black History Month Luncheon

Marriott Wardman Park Washington, D.C.

SEPTEMBER 9-12, 2015Centennial Founder’s Day Events

Chicago, Illinois

DECEMBER 19, 2015Carter G. Woodson Birthday Celebration

Washington, D.C.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015Centennial Founder’s Day Event

Washington, D.C.

SEPTEMBER 21-27, 2015Centennial Meeting and Conference

Sheraton Hotel DowntownAtlanta, Georgia

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   Officers of Executive Council

Dr. Daryl Michael Scott President

Howard University Dr. Janet Sims-Wood

Vice President for Membership Prince George’s County College

Ms. Zende Clark Secretary

Fordham University Mr. Troy Thornton

Treasurer Goldman Sachs & Co. New York, NY

Ms. Sylvia Y. Cyrus Executive Director

Class of 2015 Ms. Dorothy Bailey

Prince Georges County Truth Branch,Md.

Dr. Sheila Flemming-Hunter Black Rose Foundation

Dr. Lionel Kimble

Chicago State University

Dr. Edna Green Medford Howard University

Ms. Gina Paige African Ancestry

Dr. Annette Palmer Morgan State University

Mr. Randy Rice Farmers Insurance, Sierra Madre, Ca.

Dr. Paula Seniors

Virginia Tech

Class of 2016 Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

Harvard University

Dr. Cornelius Bynum Purdue University

Dr. Jim C. Harper

North Carolina Central University

Dr. Monroe Little Indiana University

Mr. Gilbert Smith Washington, D.C.

Ms. Greer Stanford-Randle

Huber Heights, OH

Class of 2017 Dr. Thomas C. Battle

Howard Univ. Morland Spingarn (Ret.)

Dr. Martha Biondi Northwestern University

Dr. James B. Stewart

Pennsylvania State University (Ret.)

Dr. Nikki M. Taylor Texas Southern University

Dr. Gladys Gary Vaughn

Cabin John, Md.

Ms. Greer Stanford-Randle Huber Heights, OH

Welcome to the 89th Annual Black History Luncheon during the Centennial Year of ASALH. When Carter G. Woodson established the Association, he did so in large measure to transform how people of African descent in America saw themselves and how other Americans perceive them. In this effort, Negro History Week, now Black History Month, marks his most lasting impact on American society and culture. For a month each year, African American life, history, and culture take center stage in American and Canadian life. In Britain, a month-long celebration takes place as well. What started off as a reform of Lincoln Day and Douglass Day has become a centerpiece in much of the English-speaking world. For decades now, the media have loved to raise the question of whether there needs to be a Black History Month. Quite often people who know too little about Woodson and ASALH’s work really believe that he advocated only few days be set aside for the study of Black people’s history. Advocates of Black History 365 are often so undereducated as to be mis-educated, not knowing that Woodson promoted the idea that February would be when people celebrated what they had studied and learned all year. Others argue that Black history should be part and parcel of American history without knowing that Woodson promoted the idea that Black history was part of our—as in American—history; in our own particular history we would not dim one bit the lustre of any star in our firmament. We would not learn less of George Washington, ‘First in War, First in Peace and First in the Hearts of his Countrymen’; but we would learn something also of the three thousand Negro soldiers of the American Revolution who helped make this ‘Father of our Country’ possible.” If the critics would only read Woodson, they would not have to reinvent him anew each year. What has changed from Woodson’s time to ours has been a decline in the belief in history in American society. Two years after his death in 1950, the Daughters of the American Revolution attempted to establish February as American History Month, ignoring Negro History Week and the contributions of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe. By the 1970s, that movement failed as Black History Month took off. In the early 1960s, the historian Richard Hofstadter made his case that America was anti-intellectual by pointing out how Americans had little use for history. In our own time, history is being crowded out of the public schools by the testing regime of No Child Left Behind and the skills regime of the Common Core. Self-knowledge is in fashion largely among Black folks alone. As we celebrate “A Century of Black Life, History and Culture,” we must take on an expanded mission. We must be the people who make history matter before the American public. We must show how history is essential for the maintenance of a democracy. And we must cure not only the mis-education of the Negro, but also the mis-education of the American. Enjoy this luncheon and your time with us today. Dr. Daryl Michael Scott National President      

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A’Lelia Bundles is at work on her fourth book, The Joy Goddess of Harlem:

A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance, a biography of her great-

grandmother, whose parties, friendships, international travels and arts

patronage made her a central figure of the era. On Her Own Ground: The

Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker (Scribner)— a biography of her great-

great-grandmother — was named a New York Times Notable Book and received the Association of

Black Women Historians’ Letitia Woods Brown Book Prize.

Bundles was a network television news executive and producer for thirty years, first at NBC News,

and then at ABC News where she was the Washington, D.C. deputy bureau chief. She currently is

chairman of the board of the National Archives Foundation, a Columbia University trustee, and sits

on the advisory boards of the March on Washington Film Festival and the Radcliffe Institute for

Advanced Study’s Schlesinger Library at Harvard. As president of the Madam Walker/A’Lelia Walker

Family Archives, Bundles shares the history of her famous ancestors through speeches, publications,

documents, photographs and several public initiatives.

Her young adult biography, Madam C. J. Walker: Entrepreneur received an American Book Award.

Her pictorial history, Madam Walker Theater Center: An Indianapolis Treasure, was published by

Arcadia Books.

Bundle’s articles and essays have appeared in the New York Times Book Review, Parade, Ms., O

Magazine, Essence, TheRoot.com, several encyclopedias, including Black Women in America and

African American National Biography, and on her websites at www.aleliabundles.com and

www.madamcjwalker.com.

She has been a keynote speaker at Harvard University, the Library of Congress, London City Hall

and dozens of universities, conventions and book festivals. She also has appeared on ABC, NBC,

CBS, PBS, BBC, NPR and other major networks. Among her broadcast journalism awards are an

Emmy and a duPont Gold Baton.

Bundles is a lifetime member of ASALH.

A’LeLiA BundLes

Luncheon Mistress of cereMonyceLeBrAting our centenniAL

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dAryL MichAeL scott

The luncheon keynote address will be delivered this year by none other than the ASALH National President, Dr. Daryl Michael Scott. Scott is a professor of History at Howard University, where he served as chair of the department from 2005-2009.

Born and raised on the south side of Chicago, Scott’s coming of age was during the Civil Rights movement and the Black Power era. After serving in the U.S. Army, he attended Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, earning a bachelor’s degree, followed

by a doctorate in History from Stanford University. His teaching career includes appointments at Columbia University in New York City and as Director of African American Studies at the University of Florida at Gainesville.

Scott is the recipient of four fellowships including the Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship for Minority Scholars and the Carter G. Woodson Institute Fellowship. His honors include ASALH’s Mary McLeod Bethune Service Award, the Ralph Metcalf Mini-Chair at Marquette University, and a Scholar-in-Residence at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

His published works include Contempt and Pity: Social Science and the Image of the Damaged Black Psyche, 1880-1996, which won the Organization of American Historians’ James Rawley Prize for best work on race relations. He is editor of The Mis-Education of the Negro, Carter G. Woodson’s Appeal, and a newly published edition of Edwin B. Henderson’s The Negro in Sports, all of which are published by the ASALH Press. He is currently working on a history of white nationalism in the American South from 1865-1965 entitled, The Lost World of White Nationalism.

While Scott is a member of many associations, he is first and foremost a member of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). He has served on its Board since 2003. Scott’s contributions to ASALH include The Woodson Review: ASALH’s Annual Theme Magazine, establishment of The ASALH Press, transformation of the Black History Bulletin, and efforts to take ASALH’s scholarly publications into the digital age. Teaming with Marilyn-Thomas Houston, Scott co-founded and serves as co-editor of the peer-reviewed scholarly publication Fire!!!: The Multi-Media Journal of Black Studies.

Scott makes his home in Prince George’s County, Maryland.

As he leads ASALH through its Centennial year, his mantra is “A people without institutions is not long to remain a people and will become whatever others will have them be.”

Luncheon Keynote speAKer

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ceLeBrAting our centenniAL Luncheon progrAM

MusicAL interLude Music provided by Anointed Jazz Quorum (AJQ Plus 1)

introduction of Mistress of cereMonies Dr. Valerie Maholmes, Luncheon Chair

Mistress of cereMony opening reMArKs & WeLcoMe Ms. A’Lelia Bundles, Author and Journalist

MusicAL seLection Negro National Anthem “Lift Every Voice and Sing”

Kiamsha Youth Empowerment Organization

invocAtion And grAce Rev. Dr. Derrick Harkins, Senior Pastor, 19th Street Baptist Church, Washington, DC

the occAsion Dr. Karsonya “Kaye” Wise-Whitehead

Assistant Professor, Department of Communications, Loyola University Maryland

introduction of dAis And speciAL guests recognition of Luncheon teAM Dr. Valerie Maholmes, Luncheon Chair

presentAtion of Living LegAcy AWArd The Honorable James E. Clyburn, Assistant Democratic Leader in the 114th Congress

greetings Ms. Susan L. Taylor, National Centennial Committee Honorary Co-Chair; Founder and

CEO National CARES Mentoring Movement and Former Editor-in-Chief Essence Magazine

AcKnoWLedgeMents Dr. Sheila Flemming Hunter, National Centennial Committee Chair

coMMeMorAtive stAMp Mr. Ronald A. Stroman, Deputy Postmaster General

MusicAL seLection Mr. Robert E. Person, Musical Artist

poeMMs. Sonia Sanchez, ASALH Poet Laureate and National Centennial Committee Member

introduction of Keynote Dr. William Jelani Cobb, Professor of History and Director of the Africana Studies Institute, University of Connecticut

KeynoteDr. Daryl Michael Scott, National President, ASALH

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Living LegAcy AWArds presentAtions Mrs. Dorothy Bailey and Ms. Gina Paige,

Awards Committee Co-Chairs

2015 Living LegAcy AWArds recipients Academia – Dr. Arnold L. Mitchem

Arts, Entertainment and Humanities – Mr. Reginald Van LeeBusiness – Mr. Myron A. Gray

Community Service – Rev. Dr. Jonathan L. WeaverGovernment Services – Mr. Robert G. Stanton

Organizations & Institutions – Dr. Gail Christopher, WK Kellogg FoundationPolitics - The Honorable James E. Clyburn

Acknowledgement of 2012, 2013 and 2014 recipients in attendance

MusicAL seLection Robert E. Person, Musical Artist

MeMBership AppeAL Dr. Janet Sims-Wood, Vice President for Membership

donor AppeAL Dr. Gladys Gary Vaughn, Development Committee Chair

rAffLe Raffle Drawing

presentAtions Dr. Daryl Michael Scott

cLosing reMArKs

Ms. Sylvia Y. Cyrus, Executive Director, ASALH

Benediction Rev. Dr. Richard T. Adams, Former ASALH Executive Council Member

2015 Luncheon MenuFIRST COURSE – The Wardman Salad

ENTRÉE COURSEHoney Roasted Chicken with Caramelized Onions, Mashed Potatoes, Steamed Green Beans and Carrots,

and Grilled Tomato OR Chef’s Choice Vegetarian/Vegan Meal

DESSERT COURSE – Tres Leches Cake with Meringue & Fresh Berries

BEVERAGE – Coffee, Iced or Hot Tea, Water

Luncheon progrAM And Menu

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2015 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

Dr. Daryl Michael Scott

President, Howard University

Dr. Janet Sims-Wood

Vice President for Membership

Prince George’s Community College

Ms. Zende Clark

Secretary, Fordham University

Mr. Troy Thornton

Treasurer, Goldman Sachs & Co.

Ms. Sylvia Y. Cyrus

Executive Director

CLASS OF 2015

Ms. Dorothy Bailey

Truth Branch, Prince George’s County MD

Dr. Sheila Flemming-Hunter

Black Rose Foundation

Dr. Lionel Kimble

University of Chicago

Dr. Edna Green Medford

Howard University

Ms. Gina M. Paige

African Ancestry

Dr. Annette C. Palmer

Morgan State University

Mr. Randy F. Rice

Sierra Madre, CA

Dr. Paula M. Seniors

Virginia Tech

CLASS OF 2016

Dr. Evelyn Brooks-Higginbotham

Harvard University

Dr. Cornelius L. Bynum

Purdue University

Dr. Jim C. Harper

North Carolina Central University

Dr. Monroe Little

Indiana University

Mr. Gilbert A. Smith

Gateway Communications Services

Ms. Greer Stanford-Randle

Paul L. Dunbar Branch, Dayton, OH

CLASS OF 2017

Dr. Thomas C. Battle

Howard University Morland Spingarn (Retired)

Dr. Martha Biondi

Northwestern University

Dr. Bettye Gardner

Coppin State University

Dr. James B. Stewart

Pennsylvania State University (Retired)

Dr. Nikki M. Taylor

Texas Southern University

Dr. Gladys Gary Vaughn

Cabin John, MD

LuncheoncoMMittee

Leadership Team

Valerie Maholmes, Luncheon Chair

Gladys Gary Vaughn, Luncheon Co-Chair

Sylvia Cyrus, Executive Director

Louis Hicks, Consultant

Quinta Martin, Consultant

ASALH Store

Diane Anderson

Ernestine Brown

Lisa Foust

Command Central

Sonja Woods, Chair

Alisa Dotson

Miriam Edelman

Ann Futrell

Darlene Oliver

Annmarie Walker

Sheila White

Featured Authors Event

Charles Brewer, Co-Chair

Barbara R. Morland, Co-Chair

DeJuan Mason

Daniel A.P. Murray African-American Culture Association

Green Room/Special Guests

Shiela Harmon Martin, Chair

Gina Simms, Co-Chair

Gia Simms, Co-Chair

Priscilla Bridges

Charlette Manning

Elizabeth Pierce

Tonya Spinner

Monee Thomas

Greeters/Hosts

L. Khadijah Muhammad, Chair

Teresa Sidewater, Co-Chair

Rohulamin Quander, Co-Chair

The Men of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity of the DMV

Living Legacy Awards Program

Dorothy Bailey, Chair

Gina Paige, Co-Chair

Zende Clark

Annette C. Palmer

Janet Sims-Woods

Quinta Martin, Program Coordinator

AsALh BoArd And Luncheon coMMittee

Logistics

Latif Ashanti Tarik, Chair

Keenan Brown

The Men of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity of the DMV

OutreachShirley Rivens Smith

Public Relations, Marketing

and Social Media

Edgar Brookins, Chair

Kenya King Johnson, Co-Chair

Louis Hicks, Co-Chair

LaTrina Antoine, Social Media

Reba Burrus-Barnes, PR and Marketing

Leris Bernard, Social Media

Roy Betts, PR, Media & Marketing

Faye Hyslop, BPRS, Social Media

Sandra Jowers-Barber, PR, Media & Marketing

Lisa Matthews, Social Media

Nikita Sanders, Social Media

Terry Spicer, PR, Media and Marketing

Raffle

Ursula Sereal, Chair

Cheryl Grisham, Co-Chair

Bowie State University, Army ROTC Program

Howard University, Army ROTC Program

Registration

Ferial Bishop, Chair

Gwendolyn Harllee, Co-Chair

Joyce Berry

Juanakee Calhoun

Juanita Cole

Charlotte Douglass

Jean Humphrey

Chastity Johnson

Jacqueline McGlen

Lavdena Orr

Seating/Customer Service

Ruth Rust Walker, Chair

Robin Revell, Co-Chair

Celia Daniels

Renee DeShazor

Luncheon Planning Committee

Leadership Emeriti

Rev. Richard T. Adams

Madlyn Calbert

Andre Lee

Florence Radcliffe

Florence Tate

Mattie Thomas

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Ms. susAn L. tAyLor, co-chAir Founder & CEO

National CARES Mentoring Movement

Mr. hArry BeLAfonte, co-chAir Actor, Musician, Civil Rights Activist

Mrs. BiLLye And Mr. hAnK AAron Founders, Hank Aaron Chasing the

Dream Foundation

dr. MAry frAnces Berry Professor, University of Pennsylvania

Mr. chArLes BiBB Artist in Residence

dr. John r. BrAcey Professor, University of Massachusetts

Mrs. XeronA cLAyton Creator and Executive Producer, The Trumpet Awards

Mrs. MAriAn Wright edeLMAn Founder and President, Children’s Defense Fund

sheiLA fLeMMing hunter Centennial Chair

Martha Biondi • Sylvia CyruS • John FleMing • Bettye gardner

evelyn higginBothaM • lionel KiMBle • Kenya King • JaMeS Stewart

Sheila walKer • Janet SiMS-wood

the honorABLe pAtsy Jo hiLLiArd Former Mayor, East Point, GA

Mr. MArtin Luther King iii President & CEO, Realizing the Dream

the honorABLe John LeWis Representative, Georgia 5th Congressional District

dr. Joseph LoWery Founder, The Joseph E. Lowery Institute

for Justice & Human Rights

Ms. soniA sAnchez ASALH Poet Laureate

Mr. roBert g. stAnton Director (Retired), National Park Service of

Department of Interior

the honorABLe AndreW young US Ambassador and Chairman, Andrew J. Young Foundation

dr. c. t. viviAn Founder, CT Vivian Leadership Institute

centenniAL coMMittee

nAtionAL centenniAL honorAry coMMittee

nAtionAL centenniAL coMMittee

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AsALh stAff And sustAining Life MeMBers

Charles Fred Hearns (in memory of Fred Hearns)Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham (in memory of Albert N.D. Brooks) Ruthe T. Sheffey

Afro-American Cultural & Historical Society, Inc., Tri-City Area Trichita M. Chestnut Earl Graves Monroe H. LittleMary G. Rolinson Ambrose Sampson Janis Wiggins

Rosemary Peters Brame Jean P. Ficklin Gloria Jean Glenn Patelle G. HarrisRuth E. Hodge Bobby Lovett Margaret Evelyn Peters Barbara J. Stevens Essie U. Sutton Constance P. Tate Thelma Wyatt

Heritage Guardian (Life member donation $150+)

Heritage Defender(Life member donation $100 - $149)

Heritage Hero(Life member donation $50 - $99)

AsALh heAdQuArters stAffSylvia Y. Cyrus, Executive Director

Alfreda Edwards, Development Manager

Karen M. May, Publications and Exhibits Coordinator

Byron Dunn, Information Technology Management and Membership Clerk

Anton House, Intern

Shamia Cottrell, Consultant

JOURNAL OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY (JAAH)V. P. Franklin, Editor

BLACK HISTORY BULLETINLaVonne Neal and Alicia Moore, Co-Editors

FIRE!!! THE MULTIMEDIA JOURNAL OF BLACK STUDIESDaryl Scott and Marilyn Thomas-Houston, Co-Editors

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2015 feAtured Authors

Mary B. Banks

Street Magic: Stories and Tales

Marion Barry, Jr. and Omar Tyree

Mayor for Life: The Incredible Story of Marion

Barry, Jr.

John H. Bracey, Jr.

SOS - Calling All Black People: A Black Arts

Movement Reader

Eric Broyles

Encounters with the Police: A Black Man’s

Guide to Survival

Susan D. Carle

Defining the Struggle: National Organizing for

Racial Justice, 1880-1915

Yasmin Carty

Proverbs and Phrases with Meaning

Sharon Clarkson

My Dream Book of Poems: Inspiration and

Heart Warming

James E. Clyburn

Blessed Experiences: Genuinely Southern,

Proudly Black

Willie Cooper

The Forgotten 14 Civil War Heroes

Casey Curry

Promises

Courtney Davis

A is For Anacostia

Aaron L. Day

• History Lessons

• DNA to Africa: The Search

Maurice W. Dorsey

Businessman First

Ramona Hoage Edelin

We, The Village

Marta Effinger-Crichlow

Staging Migrations Toward an American West:

From Ida B. Wells to Rhodessa Jones

Renee Escoffery-Torres

Nine Decades of Timeless Service

Joyce Marie Frazier

Doing “It” Right: A Guide To Teen Sexuality

J.B. Gatling

Onset: An American’s Voyage Beyond

Borders

Al-Tony Gilmore

The Negro in Sports

Cheryl Renee Gooch

On Africa’s Land

Ty Gray-El

Breath of My Ancestors: Reflections from the

Conscience of an African in America

Celillianne Green

That Word

Fritz Kanyile Ka-Ngwenya

• The Potential Within: Pursuing Our Dreams!

• Imagine Living The African Dream:

Thoughts On African Solutions

To African Issues

Nubia Kai

Kuma Malinke Kistoriography: Sundiata Keita

to Almamy Samori Toure

Mary Kaplan

Solomon Carter Fuller: Where My

Caravan Has Rested

Mary Pat Kelly

Proudly We Serve

Sharon Lee Minor King

A Tribe Despised: The Story

About Them People

Phyllis Leffer

Black Leadership: Conversations

With Julian Bond

Audrey Thomas McCluskey

A Forgotten Sisterhood: Pioneering Black

Women Educators and Activists in the Jim

Crow South

Terry and Bill Monnie

The Lake Effect: The 1960’s Civil Rights

Movement and the Vietnam Conflict Tested

the Common core Values of Two Brothers

Juanita Patience Moss

Forgotten Black Soldiers Who Served in

White Regiments During the Civil War

Volumes I & II

Ric Murphy

Freedom Road

Wanda Muir Oliver

Realities of LIfe

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Wench: A Novel

Bryan E Prince

My Brother’s Keeper: African Canadians

and the American Civil War

Rohulamin Quander

50 Plus Omega Inspired Years: Tracing an

Omega Legacy to 1931

David J. Reeves

The Books of Daniels

K.R. Robb

Believing in Yourself: The Handbook A

Philosophical View

Jeffrey T. Sammons

Harlem’s Rattlers and the Great War: The Undaunted

369th Regiment and the African American Quest of

Equality

Sonia Sanchez

SOS - Calling All Black People - A Black

Arts Movement Reader

Daryl M. Scott

• Woodson’s Appeal

• The Negro in Sports

Eugene G Sherman, Jr.

• Black Religiosity: Biblical and Historical Perspective

• Children Biblical and Ethical Teaching

Janet Sims-Wood

Dorothy Porter Wesley at Howard University: Building a

Legacy of Black History

James Smethurst

SOS - Calling All Black People A Black

Arts Movement Reader

Anna P. Smith

Corrections of Life-Ways to Overcome

Mattie Lee Solomon

What Did Your Parents Do to You?

Sheila P. Spencer

“From the Jewelry Box: Custom Made Inspiration“

Louis W. Sullivan

Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine

Delta Sigma Theta, Inc.

Advocacy in Action: 100 Years of Social Action in Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Brenda Leigh Wells

The Adventures of Pete and Repeat .... I Am

You-Nique

Goldie Frinks Wells

Golden Asro Frinks: Telling the Unsung Song

Linda Crichlow White

Back There, Then

Karsonya Wise Whitehead

Letters to My Black Sons: Raising Boys in a Post-Racial

America

Glovinia Lewis Williams

Do You Believe God? If So, it’s Time to

Step Out On Faith

Samuel Williams, Jr.

Anomalous: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes featuring

Jack Johnson and Alphonse Capone

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2015 Living LegAcy AWArdees

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is pleased to present the recipients of its 2015 Living Legacy Awards. These distinguished men, women, organizations and institutions are recognized for their extraordinary work to improve African American life, history and culture. The Living Legacy Award was created in 2012, with co-sponsor Farmers Insurance, in homage to the Black History Month theme of that year and has been bestowed to over fifty recipients.

Academia – Dr. Arnold L. Mitchem is the Founder of the Council of Opportunity in Education (COE) and currently serves as President Emeritus for the organization. He has spent his entire career advocating for equal access to post-secondary education and the success of students in the United States which he views as an extension of the Civil Rights Movement. He is responsible for marshalling minority leadership for college access issues and is the founder of the concept of “first-generation” students. This concept was adopted in the re-authorization of the Higher Education Act of 1980. Mitchem is a leading advocate for the federally funded TRIO programs (the largest and oldest out-of-school institutional programs) that assist low-income and first-generation learners, students with disabilities, adult learners, and veterans with overcoming financial, social, and cultural barriers to education. These programs have helped 3.4 million students prepare for, get into, and succeed in post-secondary education. Past recipients include: actresses Angela Bassett and Viola Davis, political

strategist Donna Brazille, astronauts Bernard Harris and Jose Hernandez, Congresswoman Gwendolynne Moore, and TV personalities John Quinones and Oprah Winfrey.

Before coming to COE, Mitchem served as the Director of the Educational Opportunity Program at Marquette University. He has years of experience providing Congressional testimony on issues such as education regulations, non-profit institutions, and the Higher Education Act, as well as delivering keynote and commencement speeches on the importance of education.

Mitchem received a B.A. in History and Education from the University of Southern Colorado and earned a Ph.D. in the History and Philosophy of Education from Marquette University. He has received honorary doctoral degrees from nine American universities and is the only American to receive an honorary degree from the University of Liverpool. He is the recipient of several leadership and service awards for his contribution and commitment to educational opportunities for under-served students, and he has a fellowship named after him at DePaul University.

Mitchem has served on the Board and Executive Committees of many universities and organizations including the Board of Trustees of Marquette University, the advisory panel of the Louisiana Board of Regents, the advisory board of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Community College Transfer Initiative, and the executive committee of the European Access Network.

Arts, Entertainment and Humanities – Mr. Reginald Van Lee is an Executive Vice President at Booz Allen Hamilton’s Washington D.C. location, where he leads the firm’s Global Commercial business, with emphasis on the energy, financial services and healthcare industries. For 30 years, he has helped numerous private and public organizations transform to better achieve their missions and assisted in driving growth in not-for-profit organizations.

Van Lee has co-authored a number of articles on the topic of strategy implementation. These articles have appeared in publications such as The Journal of Business Strategy and Business Horizons. He is the co-author of the book, Megacommunities: How Leaders of Government, Business and Non-Profits Can Tackle Today’s Global Challenges Together. He has appeared on ABC-TV’s “World News This Morning” and CNBC, and co-led the Urban Enterprise Initiative with the William Jefferson Clinton

Foundation, which focused on driving enhanced competitiveness of small businesses in Harlem. He is a founding member of the Clinton Global Initiative.

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Van Lee always served on the boards of charitable, philanthropic and professional organizations. He serves as Chairman of the board of the Washington Performing Arts Society, Chairman of the board of the National CARES Mentoring Movement and Chairman Emeritus of the board of the Evidence, A Dance Company. He was appointed by President Obama to the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He is a Trustee of the board for Studio Museum in Harlem and of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also a member of the Executive Leadership Council and sits on the board of The Washington Ballet and the MAC AIDS Fund. He is Co-Chair of the Board of Trustees of Howard Theatre Restoration, Inc. (HTR), the nonprofit organization that led the collaborative effort with the District of Columbia and other private entities to bring the life, music, and people back to The Howard Theatre, a national landmark of the African American Entertainment Experience, in the form of Gospel, Jazz, R&B, Hip Hop, and Classical music.

Van Lee holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School as well as M.S. and B.S. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Business – Mr. Myron A. Gray is President of U.S. Operations for United Parcel Service (UPS) with responsibility for all package delivery and logistics services. In the United States, UPS delivers and picks up more than 15 million packages each day and employs over 322,000 individuals. In 2010, Gray led a strategic transformation of the company’s U.S. small package business. He also has presided over programs to expand the company’s logistics services, upgrade the technology in UPS operations, and improve the delivery fleet’s fuel efficiency. Gray is a member of UPS’s Management Committee, the group of senior executives responsible for the day-to-day management of the company.

Prior to his current role, Gray served as the President of the Americas Region, covering Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. In this role, he led the expansion of UPS express delivery and logistics services into growing markets such as Mexico and Brazil.

Gray began his career with UPS in 1978 as a part-time package handler in the Tennessee District while attending college. He holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Memphis and has completed advanced management programs at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France and the Yale University School of Business.

Gray currently serves on the National Board of Governors and as Trustee Chairman of the Southeast Region for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. He also sits on the boards of The Atlanta Police Foundation, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and the National Urban League.

Community Service – Rev. Dr. Jonathan L. Weaver, a native Marylander, has served as pastor of Greater Mt. Nebo African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church since April 1988. Under Weaver’s spiritual guidance and servant leadership, the Greater Mt. Nebo family has increased from 60 members to more than 1,600 parishioners, and has approximately 50 ministries that serve the church and the greater community. Pastor Weaver spearheaded Greater Mt. Nebo’s purchase of 90 acres of land and the building of their current house of worship, with plans underway for the construction of a Family Life Wellness Intergenerational Center and senior housing on their property.

His sense of community transcends the borders of Prince George’s County, Md. and the United States. Weaver has led numerous mission trips to Africa since 1992 and most recently to Rwanda and The Democratic Republic of the Congo, where hundreds of genocide and rape survivors have received

medical care and other forms of assistance from church volunteers. He has preached and lectured in over twenty countries in Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean.

Weaver is the Founding President of The Collective Empowerment Group (The CEG), and currently serves as its National President. The CEG, formerly known as The Collective Banking Group, is an ecumenical association composed of nearly five hundred churches in several cities across America, engaged in economic empowerment initiatives through partnerships with banks and other

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businesses in their communities. He is also the Founder and President of The Pan African Collective, Inc., a national faith-based organization promoting human empowerment within the African Diaspora. Additionally, he is a member of the Board of Directors of Industrial Bank, Inc., one of the oldest black-owned banks in America, and a board member of the Second District Religious, Educational and Charitable Development Projects, an A.M.E Church organization which engages in programs and projects for spiritual, educational, social and economic growth.

Weaver is a graduate of St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore, Md.; earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard University School of Business. He is a recipient of numerous awards for his community and global service.

Government Service – Mr. Robert G. Stanton was appointed by President Barack Obama in October 2014 to a four-year term on the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. From 2009-2014, Stanton served as a Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior where he led efforts honoring historic milestones including the dedication of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial and the dedication of the Colonel Charles Young’s historic home as a national monument. He also provided leadership in improving the engagement of youth and diverse citizens in Department of Interior programs.

Stanton spent 35 years with the National Park Service (NPS) and was the first African American to serve as the agency’s director, an appointment made by President Bill Clinton. As NPS Director from 1997-2001, he was responsible for the 83 million acre National Park System and managed a workforce of 20,000 employees and an annual budget of $ 2.3 billion. Stanton developed several new programs and

park areas commemorating the legacies of African Americans. He oversaw the congressionally authorized Special Resource Studies for the Carter G. Woodson Home, Birthplace and Home of Harriet Tubman, the Gullah/Geeche Culture and the establishment of the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, as well as new park areas including the Little Rock Central High School and the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Sites.

Since beginning his career as a seasonal national park ranger in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park, Stanton has dedicated his life’s work to improving the preservation and management of the nation’s rich and diverse natural and cultural heritage. This included his earlier work on the establishment of the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial and the Bethune Council House National Historic Site and the development of the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site.

Active in professional and civic affairs, he is a co-founder of the African American Experience Fund (AAEF) of the National Park Foundation and is a member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

Stanton has served as a visiting professor at Yale University, Howard University and Texas A&M University, and as a conservation consultant. He is a graduate of Huston-Tillotson University and has been awarded five honorary doctoral degrees. His national awards are numerous and include the National Council of Negro Women’s Distinguished Service Award, Ford Theatre Society’s Lincoln Medal, the Student Conservation Association Founder’s Award, the National Park Foundation’s Charles Young Diversity Recognition Award, and the Department of the Interior’s Distinguished Service Award.

Organizations and Institutions – The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF), founded in 1930 as an independent, private foundation by breakfast cereal pioneer, Will Keith Kellogg, is among the largest philanthropic foundations in the United States.

Mr. Kellogg originally defined the foundation’s purpose as “administering funds for the promotion of the welfare, comfort, health, education, feeding, clothing, sheltering and

safeguarding of children and youth, directly or indirectly, without regard to sex, race, creed or nationality.” To guide current and future trustees and staff, he said, “Use the money as you please so long as it promotes the health, happiness and well-being of

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children.” Over the years, WKKF lives up to this mandate, continuing to evolve and striving to remain innovative and responsive to the ever-changing needs of society.

Today, building upon Mr. Kellogg’s values and legacy, the foundation is guided by the belief that all children should have an equal opportunity to thrive and works with communities to create conditions for vulnerable children so they can realize their full potential in school, work and life.

WKKF places the optimal development of children at the center of all it does and calls for healing the profound racial inequities that exist in our communities. To achieve this, WKKF’s work and investments are organized in several goal areas: Educated Kids, Healthy Kids and Secure Families. Within and around each goal are commitments to Community Engagement, Racial Equity and Leadership because each is essential for communities to create the conditions under which all children can thrive.

As an organization, the foundation is deeply committed to racial equity, diversity and inclusion with intentional internal and external efforts. In 2007, the WKKF Board of Trustees committed the foundation to being “an effective anti-racist organization that promotes racial equity.” This is was best exemplified in 2010 when the foundation made history with its largest single initiative investment – America Healing – a bold $75 million effort to support and empower communities in their efforts to dismantle the structures that limit opportunities for vulnerable children. The effort is bringing racial healing to divided communities across the nation, breathing life back into efforts to abolish structural racism and helping America achieve strength and prosperity through racial equity.

Learn more about the foundation and its work at wkkf.org.

Politics – The Honorable James E. Clyburn is the Assistant Democratic Leader of the 114th Congress and the number three Democrat in the House of Representatives, serving South Carolina’s 6th Congressional District. He is the leadership liaison to the Appropriations Committee and one of the Democratic Caucus’ primary liaisons to the White House. Working with the internal caucuses, he plays a prominent role in messaging and outreach.

His humble beginnings in Sumter, South Carolina as the eldest son of an activist fundamentalist minister and an independent civic minded beautician, grounded him securely in family, faith and public service. He was elected president of his NAACP youth chapter when he was 12 years old, helped organize many civil rights marches and demonstrations as a student leader at South Carolina State College, and met his wife Emily while in jail during one of his incarcerations.

When Clyburn came to Congress in 1993, he was elected Co-President of his Freshman class and quickly rose through the leadership ranks. He was elected Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus in 1999, and his reputation as a leader and consensus-builder helped him win a difficult three-way race for House Democratic Caucus Vice-Chair in 2002. Three years later, he was unanimously elected Chair of the Democratic Caucus. When Democrats regained the House majority in 2006, Congressman Clyburn was elevated by his colleagues to House Majority Whip.

As a national leader, Clyburn has worked untiringly to respond to the needs of America’s diverse communities. He championed rural communities by supporting the development of regional water projects, community health centers, and broadband connections. He has supported higher education by leading the charge for increased Pell grants; investing millions in science and math programs and historic preservation at historically Black Colleges and Universities. For the past 30 years, he has encouraged economic development by securing funding for Empowerment Zones; investing in green technology development such as nuclear, wind, hydrogen and biofuels; and directing 10 percent of Recovery Act funding to communities 20 percent under the poverty level. Clyburn was instrumental in advancing into law measures to resolve historic discrimination issues, significantly reducing the statutory disparity in cocaine sentencing, and compensating African and Native American farmers who suffered racial discrimination under the USDA loan program.

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MicheLLe BAiLey B.E.T.

Jeffrey BAnKs Bank of Georgetown

d’shAWnA BernArd

AngeLA copeLAnd

KiMMey doney Wells Fargo Bank

LisA gregory Henry C. Gregory Family Life Center Shiloh Baptist Church

JAMes grossMAn American Historical Society

dorothy JAcKson Stillman Consulting

LAtoiA Jones American Federation of Teachers

fLorence M. King FMK Credit Education Center

oMAr eAton-MArtinez Smithsonian National Museum of American History

MArc LittLeJohn Walmart

dArryL r. MAttheWs, sr. National Association of Black Journalists

veronicA sAntos Comcast/NBC Universal

ingrid sAunders-Jones National Council of Negro Women

dAvid sMith PNC Bank

frAnK sMith African American Civil War Memorial Museum

corneLius scott Farmers Insurance

eLsie scott Ronald W. Walters Leadership and Public Policy Center, Howard University

ALAn speArs National Parks Conservation Association

verneLL st. dennis Global Trade Guide

nAtALie tucKer AARP

JeAnette tyce WHUR-Radio

reginALd WeAver Education International

dArLene young Blacks in Government

We eXtend our grAtitude to ALL those on our

centenniAL Luncheon host coMMittee for A JoB WeLL done!

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2014 fALL convention sponsors

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Le Moyne oWen coLLege

MAnAsotA BrAnch of AsALh

MeMphis convention & visitors BureAu

Morris ALdon

nAtionAL civiL rights MuseuM

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princeton university

proQuest

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the neW tri-stAte defender

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university of MeMphis

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2015 Luncheon sponsors

2015 Luncheon sponsors

LeAd sponsor

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cuLturAL sponsorAARP

COMCAST/UNIVERSALTV-One

history MAKer sponsorWells Fargo Bank

preservAtion sponsorPNC Bank

neXt generAtion sponsorNational Education Association

Stillwater Consulting

photogrAphy sponsorMarch on Washington Film Festival

corporAte supportersAmerican Historical Association

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation - AVOICEBank of GeorgetownBlacks in Government

DC LotteryExelon Corporation

FMK Credit Education CenterGiant Food, Inc.

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace WorkersNational Council of Negro Women

National Park ServiceNational Parks Conservation Association

NewseumOmega Life Membership Foundation

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.Perisphere MediaRockville Printing

Smithsonian ChannelSmithsonian National Museum of American HistorySmithsonian National Museum of African American

History and Culture

MediA sponsorsAfro-American NewspapersThe Washington Informer

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ceLeBrAting our centenniAL 2015 Luncheon contriButors

pLAtinuM pAtrons

Dorothy Bailey

Thomas Battle

Martha Biondi

Smithsonian Channel

Zende Clark

Bettye Gardner

James Grossman

Evelyn Higginbotham

Monroe Little

International Association of Machinists

and Aerospace Workers

Newseum

Gina Paige

Annette Palmer

Karen Peek

Daryl Michael Scott

Janet Sims-Wood

James Stewart

Cynthia Swann

Nikki Taylor

Gladys Gary Vaughn

goLd pAtrons

Bank of Georgetown

Taryn Anthony

Johnnie Bailey

Stacie Banks

Daryl Barks

Simone Barrett

Yolanda Bean

C. Edith Booker

Shelley Brazier

Charles Breece

Lynn Breece

Brandi Brimmer

Robbin Brittingham

Edgar Brookins

Lamyra Clarke-White

Exelon Corporation

Iris Crenshaw

Ann Curry

Charles L. Curry

Sylvia Cyrus

Rhonda Davis

Aaron Day

Norma Dorsey

Mary Douglass

Charlene Dukes

Fort Myer Gospel Service

Betty Francis

Deborah Gilmore

Sandra Gray

Wilfred Gray

Lisa Gregory

Blacks in Government

Lester Ham

Calvin S. Hawkins

Betty Hewlett

Evelyn Higginbotham

Anna Hill

Billy Hill

Autheretta Holmes-Martin

Allen Jackson

Shirley Ann Jackson

Tanya Ward Jordan

Britney Jones

Demetra Jones

R. Chris Jones

Lynette Lewis

Jair Lynch

Judith McGriff

Isaiah Miles

Keith Miles

Lauretta Miles

Joann Monroe

Pleshette Monroe

Burnis Morris

Deborah Nelson

Debra Newman Ham

Joyce Nibbs

Linda C. Noel

Marie Perry

Jeanette Planes

Denese Powell

Leonard Powell

Victoria Prince

Gerald R. Reed

Sheby Rodgers Mobley

Etta Sample

Norma Samuel

Elsie Scott

SEIU Local 722

Drucilla Simms

William Simons

Joyce Smith

Linda Y. Smith

Smithsonian National Museum of African

American History & Culture

Smithsonian National Museum

of American History

Moorland Spingarn Research Center

Mattie Taylor

David Terry

Karen R. Toles

Alicestyne Turley

Damon Turner

Reginald Van Lee

Flavia B. Walton

Adrian Washington

Donna Washington

Tom Williamson

Barbara Booker Wood

Josie Woodley-Jones

Jean Woods

Jacqueline Woody

siLver pAtrons

Marie Harris Aldridge

Charles W. Amos

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation AVOICE

Janice H. Banks

Sophia Carty

Yasmin Carty

FMK Credit Education Center

Nikki Graves-Henderson

William Gray

Eloise Greenfield

Monica Greenfield

Edwin B. Henderson

Sarah Johnson

Michael Jones

Allie Latimer

Grace M. LittleJohn

LaFrieta McMullen

Barbara Poe

Leroy Poe

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. 3rd District

Shirley Rochon

Stephen Rochon

Neb Sertsu

Nikki A. DeJesus Sertsu

Vernon Shannon

John Suau

Mary Williams

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2014-2015 Luncheon contriButors

2014-2015 Luncheon contriButors

$4000-$10,000

Fort Myer Chapel Tithes and Offering Fund

Omega Life Membership Foundation Inc.

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated

$750 - $2000

Annette C. Palmer

Perisphere Media

Tapestry Press, LTD

$100 - $250

B. Sheila Beasley-Reid

Lois A. Bell

Brett A. Berliner

June Pearson Bland

Frank Borris

Myrtle Bowen

A’ Lelia Perry Bundles

Adrienne Anna Cannon

Frances Craig

Franka N. Des Vignes

Julia Doctor-Cotle

Lucious Edwards

Esther H. Francis

Gladys W. Mack

Conrad L. Mallett

Doris T. McGuffey

Verna Meacham

Linda C. Noel

Clive A. Palmer

Ruth J. Palmer

Glenn O. Phillips

Denise Shelton

Anna P. Smith

(in honor of Monroey and Rosie Pickett)

Norma J. Stewart

Doreen Thompson

Denise Toliver

Knox Tull

Monique A. Walker

Gertrude Williams

Joyce Williams

Arthuree R. Wright

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ceLeBrAting our centenniALcentenniAL contriButors, BrAnch

donors, JAAh And Woodson hoMe

founders’ cLuB ($1915+)John H. Ashley

Thomas C. Battle

(In the spirit of our ancestors)

Zende Larmar Clark

Samuel DuBois Cook

Sylvia Y. Cyrus

Jean P. Ficklin

Sheila Y. Flemming-Hunter

Bettye Gardner

Al-Tony Gilmore

Robert L. Harris

William H. Harris

John Fleming

Gloria J. Mims

Daryl Michael Scott

James Benjamin Stewart

visionAries $1000-$1914Richard Thomas Adams

(In honor of Dr. Sylvia Jacobs)

June O. Patton

Gilbert A. Smith

Woodson feLLoWs $500-$999Suzan Armstrong-West

Roma Little-Walker

Francille Wilson

(In honor of Dr. Felix Armfield)

trAiLBLAzers $100 - $499Michelle Bailey

Ferial Bishop

Samuel W. Black

David Chappell

Adelaide Cromwell Gulliver

Edna L. Davis

Booker T. DeVaughn

Howard Dodson

Harriett Church Green

Kenneth Hill

Dorothy Turner Johnson

Shirley Kilpatrick

(In honor of Dr. Edna McKenzie)

William M. King

James W. Moore

Patricia Parker

Alcee William Polk

Mary G. Rolinson

Ambrose Sampson

Luther W. Seabrook

Southern Poverty Law Center

Cornelia Stokes

Donald R. Sumlar

Estelle Taylor

Howard P. Wade

Darlene F. Williams

reAders circLe $25 - $99Willi Coleman

Betty Minerva Culpepper

Aaisha Haykal

Alva S. Marcus

Leslie Burl McLemore

(In honor of Dr. Samuel David Dubois Cook)

Essie U. Sutton

Knox Tull

Jean Robinson White

Thelma Williams-Tunstall

Raymond Winbush

centenniAL BrAnch donors

ASALH of Tampa Bay

Bethel Dukes Branch

Bronx Branch

C. Delores Tucker Legacy Branch

Carter G Woodson Branch

Hampton Roads Branch

Jacksonville (James Weldon Johnson) Branch

Martha’s Vineyard Branch

Organizing Kansas City, MO Branch

Prince George’s County, MD Truth Branch

Philamontco Branch

Roland McConnell Branch

donAtions to the JournAL of AfricAn AMericAn history

$500 - $1000 Anonymous

Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

Lillian Serece Williams

$50 - $499June O. Patton

Louis Ray

Rose C. Thevenin

donAtions to Woodson hoMe ($100-$200)

Alice Aughtry

Travel Blackstone

Joslyn Swann

centenniAL contriButors

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second century contriButors

$2000 And More Edna Greene Medford

Troy Thornton

(in honor of Richard and Yvonne Thornton)

$1000- $1999 Anonymous

Dorothy F. Bailey

Cornelius Lyn Bynum

Zende Larmar Clark

Sheila Y. Flemming-Hunter

V. P. Franklin

Bettye J. Gardner

Jim C. Harper

Monroe H. Little

Manasota Branch of ASALH

Gina Marie Paige

Daryl Michael Scott

Janet Sims-Wood

Greer C. Stanford-Randle

Gladys Gary Vaughn

(in memory of Homer

Fred & Ollie C. Gary)

$500 - $999 Willie E. Cooper

Hayley Lane Davis

Wade Henderson

(in memory of Theodore & Louise Wade)

Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

Lionel Kimble

Kenya King

Wilda Logan

Barbara Morland

Marian O. Williams

$101- $499 Emanuel J. Abston

Kent B. Amos

Allison Blakely (in memory of Felix Armfield)

David C. Driskell (in memory of Dorothy B. Porter)

Patsy Mose Fletcher

(in memory of The Mose Brothers)

Debra Ham

Marjorie Inden

Joyce Ladner (in honor of

the Manasota Branch)

John Jefferson

Lori Lewis

James Marcus

Horace M. Lowman

Melvin McClintock

James Marcus

Gloria J. Mims

Donald H. Peery

Tiffany Redmond

Paula Marie Seniors

William H. Simons

(in memory of Elaine P. Simons)

Eldridge Spearman

Constance P. Tate

University of Illinois at Chicago

Darlene F. Williams

$50- $100

David L. Acey

Yvonne B. Acey

Michael Akin

Jesse F. Anderson

Association of Black American Ambassadors

(in memory of Ambassador Joseph

M. Segars)

Diane Babineaux

Richard Bailey

(in honor of H. Council Trenholm)

Anthony Beard

Jean A. Beckett

D’shawna Bernard

(in memory of Dewel Andrew Bernard)

Rosemary Peters Brame

Joseph Briggs

Mwalimu Sandra Brown

Randall K. Burkett

(in memory of Felix

Armfield-NCCU Fund)

Carter G Woodson Branch of ASALH

Maudine Cooper

Rita C. Crooms

(in memory of Dr. Roland McConnell)

Edna L. Davis (in memory of Dr. & Mrs.

T. B. Davis)

Tania B. Davis

Billie Day

Howard Dodson

Sidney Green

Gregory Griffin

Kenneth Marvin Hamilton

(in memory of Mrs. Willie B. Hamilton)

Robert L. Harris

(in memory of Felix Armfield)

Wanda A. Hendricks

(in memory of Felix Armfield)

Antonio F. Holland

Shirley A. Jackson

Kim Jefferson

Monique Jones

Judith Kelly + Associates, LLC

(in honor of Samuel W. Black)

Roma Little-Walker

Don B. Mullen

La Vonne Isabelle Neal

Kenneth J. Orosz (in memory of Felix Armfield)

Samuel J. Parker

Sharon E. Perdue

Miranda Booker Perry

Alcee William Polk

Miller Rosemary Reed

Pamela Rios Clabron Rogers

Mary G. Rolinson

Deanna Ross

Tani D. Sanchez

Matthew F. Shannon

Shantella Sherman

(in memory of Andrew & Hattie Hall Ross)

Gina L. Simms

Delores V. Smalls

Ronald Jemal Stephens

(in honor of Vincent Harding)

Candace B. Stepp

Cornelia Stokes

Louis W. Sullivan

Mary Tandia

Anthony Beard

William D. Thomas

Bette M. Thompson

Fannie Gallion Thompson

(in honor of Charles D. Gallion)

Wallis Hamm Tinnie

Ethel S. Underwood

Jenice L. View

Howard P. Wade

Raymond Washington

Judith Weisenfeld

Nathaniel Wesley

Derrick E. White (in honor of Vincent Harding)

Selma R. Young

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president WAyne A. i. fredericK And the hoWArd university fAMiLy

(Headquarters Office)

AsALh centenniAL coMMittee

(Marketing)

Anointed JAzz QuoruM (AJQ pLus 1)(Luncheon Band)

Artist-in-residence chArLes BiBBs

(Lithograph)

MiLton WiLLiAMs (Photographer)

dc Lottery

(Black History Posters)

dr. JiM hArper ii, chAir, depArtMent of history, north cAroLinA centrAL university

(ASALH Story to Tell)

KiAMshA youth eMpoWerMent orgAnizAtion

(Musical Performance)

BoWie stAte university ArMy rotchoWArd university ArMy rotc

(Raffle Support)

dAnieL A. p. MurrAy AfricAn AMericAn cuLturAL AssociAtion

(Featured Authors Event Hosts)

the Men of oMegA psi phi frAternity, inc.of the dMv

(Hosts and Logistics)

peopLes congregAtionAL united church of christ

(Luncheon Planning Meetings Location)

Judge rohuLAMin QuAnder

(Videographer)

rocKviLLe printing & grAphics

(Program Book Printing)

MArriott WArdMAn pArK hoteL

(Luncheon Venue)

president BArAcK h. oBAMA

(ASALH 2015 Black History Month Events hosted

at The White House)

ceLeBrAting our centenniAL 2015 AcKnoWLedgeMents And Queens

The ASALH leadership, staff and Luncheon committee gratefully acknowledge the following for their continued support of this annual event and the Association’s on-going work.

2015 Queens

Lizzie Olsen, Miss DC USA

Niara Tart-Allen, Miss DC USA Teen

Cydney Hill, Miss District of Columbia Outstanding Teen

Toni Jackson, Miss Senior DC 2014

Amina Gilyard, Miss DC Ambassador

Jahaira Bratton, Miss Asia Pacific World USA

Kenisha Salvary, Miss Trinidad and Tobago United Nations 2015

Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)

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FEBRUARY 28, 2015Annual Black History Month Luncheon

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SEPTEMBER 9-12, 2015Centennial Founder’s Day Events

Chicago, Illinois

DECEMBER 19, 2015Carter G. Woodson Birthday Celebration

Washington, D.C.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015Centennial Founder’s Day Event

Washington, D.C.

SEPTEMBER 21-27, 2015Centennial Meeting and Conference

Sheraton Hotel DowntownAtlanta, Georgia

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We proudly support ASALH in its Centennial year.

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Celebrating our Centennial

Association for the Study ofAfrican American Life and History (ASALH)

F O U N D E R S O F B L A C K H I S T O R Y M O N T H

Save the DateMake plans to join us as we celebrate 100 years of African American history.

CENTENNIAL ANNUAL MEETING AND CONFERENCESeptember 23-27, 2015

Sheraton Hotel Downtown Atlanta, GA

A C E N T U R Y O F B L A C K L I F E , H I S T O R Y A N D C U L T U R E

“If we don’t tell them, the world will never know.”

CARTER GODWIN WOODSONCARTER GODWIN WOODSON(1 8 7 5 - 1 9 5 0)(1 8 7 5 - 1 9 5 0)

Ph.D Harvard University, 1912Ph.D Harvard University, 1912The ‘Father’ of Black HistoryThe ‘Father’ of Black History

ASALH is the world’s oldest organization devotedto the Research, Education and Preservationof culture and history of people of African descent.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:ASALH, 2226 Georgia AVE. NW, Suite 391Washington, DC 20050 • 202.238.5910Visit our website: www.asalh100.org

• ASALH began and continues to publish the first academic journal by and about African Americans.• ASALH continues the annual February national observance of Black History Month, which it started in1926 as Black History Week.

Facebook.com/ASALH.BlackHistory On Twitter @ASALH

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“A meticulously detailed yet sweeping survey of the achievements and contributions of African Americans in sports over the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries. Brilliantly perceptive and frequently visionary in it’s explanation of the social-cultural and political ramifications of sports’ role in the evolution of black civil society between 1900 and 1950, The Negro in Sports continues to inform our understanding of the foundations of modern black sports involvement. For a new generation of readers, Al-Tony Gilmore’s introductory essay provides useful content, context and perspective. A MUST READ for all who truly comprehend the historic dynamics, trajectory and significance of developments at the interface of sports, race and society.”

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- Harry Edwards, University of California, Berkeley

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“‘The Negro has no desire to be everything the white man is or do everything he does... The Negro is not a white man with a black skin.’ It is rare that a book is found that changes our interpretation of an historical figure to such a great extent that a complete rethinking of the figure is in order. Daryl Scott has found such a book. The Appeal offers a theoretical account of what Black Americans intend for their racial selves freed from the allure of white humanity. It is a text that reveals Woodson as both historian and theorist. Simply put, Woodson’s appeal is a game-changer; a powerful rendering of what Black thought aims to do in the world unafraid and aware of the failiures of white civilization.“

“In essense, Woodson told those whites who were killing disenfranchizing, dehumanizing, stereotyping, and denying blacks their basic human rights that blacks simply wanted to be treated as U.S. citizens and human beings.”

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- Tommy J. Curry, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Affiliate Professor of Africana Studies; Ray A. Rothrock Fellow at Texas A&M University; and President of Philosophy Born of Struggle

- Pero Gaglo Dagbovie, author of African AmericanHistory Reconsidered is Professor of History, Michigan State University

What Carter G. Woodson did for Black History, Berea College has done for 160 years— treating African Americans with dignity.

Before the Civil War, when it was illegal to educate African Americans in the South, Berea College boldly offered interracial education and social equality for all—black and white, male and female.

It still does today.

Berea College is very proud to be the alma mater of Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a 1903 graduate and the Father of Black History.

The South’s first interracial and coeducational college

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Beveridge & Diamond Congratulates Robert Stanton and all 2015

Living Legacy Award Recipients.

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TRUSTEE AND CHAIRMAN EMERITUS,

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Mr. Robert G. Stanton ON HIS

Living Legacy Award

Preserving and celebrating the contributions of

African Americans that are commemorated and

brought to life in our national parks

African American Civil War Memorial

African Burial Ground National Monument

Booker T. Washington National Monument

Boston African American National Historic Site

Brown V Board of Education National Historic Site

Cane River Creole National Historical Park

Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site

Charles Young Buff alo Soldiers National Monument

Fort Monroe National Monument

Frederick Douglass National Historic Site

George Washington Carver National Monument

Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument

Li� le Rock Central High School National Historic Site

Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site

Mary McLeod Bethune National Memorial

Natchez National Historical Park

National Underground Railroad: Network to Freedom

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

Nicodemus National Historic Site

Paul Laurence Dunbar House

Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial

Selma-to-Montgomery National Historic Trail

Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site

Tuskegee Institute NationalHistoric Site

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A life that touches othersgoes on forever.

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