ASALH Annual Awards Banquet Program

EACH YEAR, ASALH PRESENTS SEVERAL AWARDS TO RECOGNIZE COMMUNITY LEADERS AND THOSE WHO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PRESERVATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY.

CARTER G. WOODSON SCHOLAR'S MEDALLION

Establishedin1993,theCarterGodwinWoodsonScholarsMedallionispresentedtoascholarwhosecareerisdistinguishedthroughat leastadecadeofresearch,writing,andactivisminthefieldofAfricanAmericanlifeandhistory.

MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE SERVICE AWARD

ThisawardwasestablishedintributetoDr MaryMcLeodBethunebecauseofherdynamicleadershipandheryearsofcontributingto education,women’shistory,andAfricanAmericanlifeandculture Dr BethuneservedasthefirstwomanpresidentofASALHfrom1936to 1951andisoneofthemostoutstandingwomenrolemodelsinourhistory

LIVING LEGACY AWARD

InpartnershipwithFarmersInsurance,theASALHLivingLegacyAwardshonorAfricanAmericanwomenandmenacrossthecountry engagedinextraordinaryworktoimprovecommunities,institutions,organizationsandfamilylife

FREEDOM SCHOLAR AWARD

AFreedomScholarseekstoempowerandinspire.AFreedomScholarprovidesadirectbenefittoAfricanAmericancommunitieslocallyor nationally.ASALHhasinitiatedtheFreedomScholarawardtohonorearlyscholarsofanydisciplinewhocandemonstratethattheirfield ofstudyishavingadirectpositiveimpactonthelifeofAfrican-Americans.

BRANCH OF THE YEAR AWARD

TheannualBranchoftheYearAwardisgiventoanASALHbranchwhosededicationtothevisionofDr Woodson'sdesiretoeducate theentirecommunityontherichlifeandhistoryofAfricanAmerican/Africanapeopleisdemonstratedinmonthlyprogramming, communityoutreach,andcollaborativeefforts TheBranchoftheYearexecutesthatfunctionwithintentionalandconsciouseffortsto promoteASALHandthenationalprogramssuchastheBlackHistoryFestival,NationalFoundersDayandWoodsonBirthday celebration ThroughthespiritofubuntuinthetraditionofAfricanpeopleandinlivingmemoryofDr Woodson

THE ASALH LUMINARY AWARD

TheASALHLuminaryAwardwasestablishedtorecognizetheoutstandingworkandcontributionsrelatedtothemissionandgoalsof ASALH,includingthelocalbranch,byapersoninthelocaleoftheannualconvention.Nomineesshouldhavemadesignificantcontributions toAfricanAmericanhistoryandculturewithafocusonthelocalcommunitywheretheannualmeetingofASALHisbeingheld. NominationsmustbesubmittedbytheLocalArrangementsCommitteeandapprovedbytheExecutiveCouncilofASALH.

PRESIDENT’S SERVICE AWARD

ThePresident’sServiceAwardispresentedtoanindividualwhohasmadeexceptionalcontributionstotheAfricanAmericancommunity, locallyandnationally.ThePresidentofASALHselectsanindividualwhoserecordofcommunityserviceexemplifiesoneofthemost importantobjectivesofASALH:selflessservicetotheAfricanAmericancommunity.

V.P. FRANKLIN LEGACY AWARD

V.P.FranklinLegacyJournalofAfricanAmericanHistoryAwardrecognizestheoutstandinganddedicatedworkandscholarshipofDr. V.P.Franklin(theJAAHeditorandlong-termASALHmember).Underhiseditorship,theJAAHwasrecognizedasthepremier academicjournalinAfricanAmerican,African,andDiasporaStudies Eithertheauthor/sofanarticleand/orASALHmembersandnonmemberscannominateJAAHpublishedarticlesforthebiennialaward Thefirstawardwillbepresentedin2020

THE DOROTHY PORTER WESLEY AWARD

TheDorothyPorterWesleyAwardwasestablishedin2018bytheInformationProfessionalsoftheAssociationfortheStudyofAfrican AmericanLifeandHistory(ASALH)tohonoranddocumenttheoutstandingworkofInformationProfessionals;Bibliophiles, Librarians,Archivists,CuratorsandCollectors.ManyofourInformationProfessionalshavealsoplayedamajorroleinsupportingthe workofASALH,byservinginleadershiprolesandasmembers.

ASALH ANNUAL AWARDS

BANQUET PROGRAM

MS. TONYA TERRY, MISTRESS OF CEREMONY

Welcome Occasion&AwardsSelectionProcess

IntroductionofMasterorMistressofCeremonies

LiftEveryVoiceandSing

Dr TaraWhite

IntroductionofExecutiveCouncil

RecognitionofLocalDignitaries

Ms.BeaForniss, ASALHLocalArrangementsCommitteeChair

Mr.IsaiahSankey, CountyCommissioner,District4

Invocation Rev RichardWilliams, PastorMetropolitanUnitedMethodistChurch

DinnerisServed

RecognitionofSponsors

Ms SylviaCyrus, ASALHExecutiveDirector

PRESENTATIONOFAWARDS

V.PFranklinJAAHArticleAward Awardee:MaryamAziz,PhD

OutstandingBranchoftheYearAwardPresentation

Awardee:Dr.EdnaB.McKenzie BranchASALHPittsburgh

DorothyPorterWesleyAwardPresentation Awardee:Ms.FrazineK.Taylor

LivingLegacyAwardPresentations

Awardee:Mr RodneyHurst Awardee:JamesD Anderson,PhD Awardee:JamesB Stewart,PhD

MaryMcLeodBethuneServiceAwardPresentations

Awardee:AliciaMoor,Ph.D. Awardee:Ms.MadgeAllen

ASALHLuminaryAwardPresentations

Awardee:RalphJ Bryson,PhD (posthumously)

FreedomScholarAwardPresentation

Awardee:ShantellaSherman,PhD

CarterG.WoodsonScholarsMedallion Awardee:EdnaGreeneMedford,Ph.D. Awardee:QuintardTaylor,Ph.D.

President’sServiceAward Awardee:Mr MiltonC Davis,Esq

ClosingRemarks

Ms AishaHaykal

Dr IdaE Jones

Dr.IdaE.Jones

Dr W MarvinDulaney

Dr MauriceHobson

Dr TaraWhite Ms.AaishaHaykal Mr.MosesMassenburg

Dr BertisEnglish

Ms CameshaScruggs

Dr.AntonHouse Dr.GregMixon

Dr.W.MarvinDulaney

Dr W MarvinDulaney

Benediction Dr RobertO White Pastor,MontgomeryCityofRefuge

MARYAM AZIZ

V.P. FRANKLIN LEGACY AWARD

Dr Maryam(Marreeyum)Aziz(UhZeez),they/them/theirspronouns,isan AssistantProfessorofAfricanAmericanStudiesintheDepartmentof AmericanEthnicStudiesattheUniversityofWashington Azizreceiveda PhD inAmericanCulturefromtheUniversityofMichiganandaBachelor ofArtsDegreeinAfricanAmericanStudiesfromColumbiaUniversity Their firstbookaskshowfolkswhopracticedunarmedselfdefenseandmartialarts contributedtoBlackPowerorganizingandshiftingideasaboutliberation, abolition,andgendernorms.Italsotraceshowthelearningofmartialartswas facilitatedbyU.S.militarismduringtheColdWar.Aziz’sworkwas showcasedinthe20172018exhibit,“BlackPower!,”attheSchomburg CenterforResearchinBlackCulture,forwhichAzizwasacontributing writerandacuratorforthesectionsonpopularcultureandblaxploitation film.Currently,theyleadtheSchomburgMellonHumanitiesSummer Instituteforundergraduates.Asascholaractivist,Azizregularlyteaches radicallyinclusiveself-defenseclassesinpersonandvirtually.Theyhave writtenforthe“MadebyHistory”sectionattheWashingtonPost.Further insightintotheirworkcanbeseeninpublicationssuchas“TeenVogue”and “Mic”orheardinPodcastssuchas“BurnItAllDown”

KEVIN QUIN

V.P. FRANKLIN LEGACY AWARD

KevinQuinisadoctoralcandidateinAfricanaStudiesatCornellUniversity withagraduateminorinLesbian,Gay,Bisexual,andTransgender(LGBT) Studies Hespecializesin20thcenturyAfricanAmericanhistory,postwarsocial movements,andgenderandsexualitystudies.Hisdissertation,QueerVisionsof BlackPower:Race,Sexuality,andtheBlackMovementforSexualRevolutionin thePostCivilRightsEraexamineshowBlackgenderandsexualnon conformingactivistintellectualsshapedpostwarAfricanAmericanpolitical culturethroughtheirengagementwitharangeofblackpowerphilosophies.

KevinhasbeenarecipientoftheFordFoundationPredoctoralFellowship,the ONENationalGay&LesbianArchivesLGBTQResearchFellowship,The HistoryMakersAcademicResearchFellowship,andtheMellonUrbanism FellowshipforCollaborativeStudiesinArchitecture,Urbanism,andthe Humanities HisessaysandreviewshavebeenpublishedintheJournalof AfricanAmericanHistory,Women’sStudies,TheAmericanHistorian,and BlackPerspectives Kevincurrentlyservesasthegraduatestudentrepresentative fortheOrganizationofAmericanHistorian’sCommitteeonLesbian,Gay, Bisexual,TransgenderandQueer(LGBTQ)HistoriansandHistoriesandasthe websiteeditorfortheCommitteeonLesbian,Gay,Bisexual,andTransgender History(CLGBTH),anaffiliatedsocietyoftheAmericanHistorical Association

FRAZINE K. TAYLOR

FrazineK.TaylorisanativeofWallsboro,Alabama,andamemberoftheMt. CanaanMissionaryBaptistChurchwheresheisalsothechurch’ssecretaryand librarian.SheisagraduateofSouthernNormalHighSchool,Brewton,AL.She holdsaB.S.inBusinessCommercefromKnoxvilleCollegeinKnoxville, TennesseeandareceivedherMasterinLibraryScienceinLibraryServicesfrom AtlantaUniversity,Atlanta,GAin1984 SheisaformerPeaceCorpsVolunteer, wholivedintheFijiIslandsforseveralyears,andshehastraveledextensivelyinthe SouthPacific SheworkedinthePeaceCorpsHeadquartersinWashington,DC from19701976,whereshewasinchargeofsendingpeacecorpsvolunteersto overseasposts In1985,whileworkingasAssistantCataloguerattheTuskegee UniversityLibrary,shewaschosentoworkasaninternattheNational AgriculturalLibraryinBeltsville,MD Mrs TayloristheformerCoHeadof ReferencefortheAlabamaDepartmentofArchivesandHistory(ADAH)andis anexpertonAlabamarecords SheworksparttimeatAlabamaStateUniversity (ASU)asanArchivist TayloristhePresidentoftheElmoreCountyAssociation ofBlackHeritage,ChairoftheBlackHeritageCounciloftheAlabamaHistorical CommissionandthePresidentoftheAlabamaHistoricalAssociation Sheserves ontheboardsofthePatronsfortheStudyofCivilRightsandAfricanAmerican CultureatASU,theAlabamaCemeteryPreservationAlliance,theAlabama Governor’sMansionAuthorityandthepastPresidentoftheFriendsofthe AlabamaArchives.

THE DOROTHY PORTER WESLEY AWARD

DR. EDNA B. MCKENZIE BRANCH PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

RonaldB.Saunders,President

JAMES D. ANDERSON

LIVING LEGACY AWARD

JamesD.AndersonistheformerdeanoftheCollegeofEducation,the EdwardWilliamandJaneMarrGutgsellProfessorofEducation,and affiliateprofessorofHistory,AfricanAmericanStudies,andLawatthe UniversityofIllinoisUrbana-Champaign.Hisscholarshipfocusesbroadly onthehistoryofUS education,withasubfieldonthehistoryofAfrican Americaneducation Anderson’sseminalbook,TheEducationofBlacksin theSouth,18601935,wontheAmericanEducationalResearchAssociation (AERA)outstandingbookawardin1990 From2006to2016,Anderson servedassenioreditoroftheHistoryofEducationQuarterly Additionally, in2012,AndersonwasselectedasaFellowforOutstandingResearchbythe AERA In2016,hewasawardedAERA’sPalmerO JohnsonAwardfor bestarticleandaPresidentialCitationin2020,itshighestaward He receivedtheLifetimeAchievementAwardfromtheAmericanAssociation ofCollegesforTeacherEducation In2013,hewasselectedaCenterfor AdvancedStudyProfessorofEducationforthecampus Andersonwasalso electedtotheNationalAcademyofEducationin2008 In2021,Anderson waselectedtotheAmericanAcademyofArtsandSciences,oneofthe oldesthonorsocietiesinthenation HebecameaBoardofTrusteesmember atStillmanCollegeinTuscaloosa,Alabama,andinductedintotheStillman CollegeEducatorHallofFamein2020.

RODNEY L. HURST, SR.

LIVING LEGACY AWARD

RodneyLawrenceHurst,Sr.,isafather,agrandfather,agreat grandfather,awidower,acancersurvivor,acivilrightsactivist,aBlack historian,amilitaryveteran,andtheawardwinningauthorofthree books.HurstisanativeofJacksonville,Florida,anda1960highschool graduateofsegregatedNorthwesternJuniorSeniorHighSchoolin Jacksonville.HewasthesixteenyearoldPresidentoftheJacksonville YouthCouncilNAACPandwasoneoftheleadersofthe1960sitin demonstrations,whichresultedintheinfamousAxHandleSaturday HurstservedtwofouryeartermsontheJacksonvilleCityCouncil Heis amemberofASALHthroughtheJamesWeldonJohnsonBranchin Jacksonville HurstisaSilverLifeMemberoftheNationalAssociation fortheAdvancementofColoredPeople(NAACP)andisinvolvedwith manyBoardsandAgenciesintheJacksonvilleCommunity Inaddition, HurstisaveteranoftheUnitedStatesAirForce Hurstistherecipientof numerousawardsandhonors Hurst’slatewifeAnnpassedon September5,2016,threemonthsbeforetheirFiftiethAnniversaryon December10,2016.Hurstisthefatheroftwosons,RodneyII (Vandlyn)andTodd.

JAMES STEWART

LIVING LEGACY

Dr JamesB Stewart(Jim),alongstandingsupporterofASALH,has servedontheASALHAdvisoryBoard,theExecutiveCouncilandapast NationalPresident HeisalsoapastmemberoftheEditorialBoardof TheJournalofAfricanAmericanHistory HeisafounderoftheDr EdnaMcKenziebranchinPittsburghandtheimmediatepastpresident oftheManasotaBranch HeisalsoactivewiththeFloridaCoalitionof ASALHbranches. JimisaProfessorEmeritusatPennStateUniversity. Heauthored,coauthored,andedited16booksandpublishedover150 articlesinprofessionaljournalsincludingTheJournalofAfrican AmericanHistory.Currently,JimisaSeniorFellowattheInstituteon Race,Power,andPoliticalEconomyattheNewSchool(NYC)andthe inauguralDirectoroftheBlackEconomicResearchCenterforthe21st Century.HeservedasPresidentofTheNationalEconomicAssociation andtheNationalCouncilforBlackStudies.Heistherecipientof numerousawards. JimismarriedtoDr.CarylSheffieldandthecouple residesinSarasota,Florida Theyhavefourdaughtersandeight grandchildrenandcontinuetheirpassionofcollectingartoftheAfrican diaspora

MADGE HARRIS ALLEN

MARY MCLEOD

ALICIA L. MOORE

Dr.AliciaMoore,isaCargillEndowedAssociateProfessorofEducation atSouthwesternUniversityinGeorgetown,Texas.SheisalsoanAustin, Texasnative.Dr.MoorereceivedherBachelor’sdegreeinElementary EducationfromHustonTillotsonCollege(nowUniversity),and receivedbothherMaster’sdegreeandaDoctorateinMulticultural SpecialEducationfromTheUniversityofTexasatAustin.For20years, Dr.MoorehasbeenacoeditorofTheBlackHistoryBulletinwhichis publishedbytheAssociationfortheStudyofAfricanAmericanLifeand History,andisthesecondoldestacademicjournaldedicatedtothe educationofAfricanAmericansandrecognizedasaleadingpublication inthisfield.Shehasbeenrecognizedandwonnumerousawardsforher scholarship,teaching,andadvocacy.Dr.Moorehasauthorednumerous peerreviewedarticlesandseveralbookstohercredit.Dr.MooreisaLife MemberoftheAssociationfortheStudyofAfricanAmericanLifeand History(ASALH),aLifememberoftheNationalAssociationforthe EducationofYoungChildren,isaproudandactiveLifememberof AlphaKappaAlphaSorority,Inc.,andisamemberoftheLinks, Incorporated.SheismarriedtoMr.GaryHopkins.

FRED D. GRAY, ESQ.

THE ASALH LUMINARY AWARD

FredDavidGray,anativeofMontgomery,Alabama,currentlylivesin Tuskegeeandisacivilrightslawyer.HewaseducatedattheNashville ChristianInstitute,Nashville,Tennessee;AlabamaStateCollegefor Negroes,nowAlabamaStateUniversity,andCaseWesternReserve University,Cleveland,Ohio.Mr.Gray’slegalcareerspansatimeperiodof over67years.In1955,hebeganadynamiccivilrightscareer;hisfirstcivil rightscasewasrepresentationofClaudetteColvin,a15yearoldAfrican Americanhighschoolstudentwhorefusedtogiveupherseatonacitybus inMontgomery,Alabama.HewasoneofthefirstAfricanAmericansto serveintheAlabamaStateLegislaturesinceReconstruction,heservedfrom 19701974.GrayisthefirstpersonofcolorelectedasPresidentofthe AlabamaStateBarAssociationandservedasits127thPresidentfortheyear 20022003.Heistherecipientofnumerousawards.OnJuly7,2022,Gray wasawardedthePresidentialMedalofFreedomatTheWhiteHouse, Washington,DC byPresidentJosephR Biden Gray’smostrecentcivil rightscasewasfiledonSeptember1,2021,inMaconCounty,Alabama, againsttheUnitedDaughtersoftheConfederacyforerectingamonument tothememoryoftheconfederatesoldiersfromMaconCounty

MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE SERVICE AWARD

RALPH J. BRYSON

THE ASALH LUMINARY AWARD

AnativeofCincinnati,Ohio,Dr.RalphBrysonservedtwoyearswiththe U.S.ArmyintheEuropeanTheaterofOperationsinWorldWarII.After histourofduty,Dr.BrysonattendedandgraduatedfromtheUniversityof CincinnatiandthenearnedadoctoratedegreefromOhioStateUniversity. Nearthecompletionofhisdoctorateinphilosophy,Dr.Brysonmet HarperCouncillTrenholminChicagowhilethelatterwasrecruitingfor AlabamaStateCollege.Mr.TrenholmaskedDr.BrysontoteachatASU forthesummerof1953.Afterthesummersemester,Mr.Trenholmoffered Dr.BrysonafulltimeteachingpositionatASC.WhenDr,Brysonbegan histeachingcareeratASC,healsobecameaneyewitnesstothebeginning oftheCivilRightsMovement.HewasamemberofDexterAvenueBaptist ChurchwhenDr.MartinLutherKing,Jr.tookthepulpit.Hewitnessed thefamousMontgomeryBusBoycottandatitsend,herodethebussesin thefrontseatswithhisfriendThelmaGlassandhiscolleagueJoAnn Robinson.HewasclosefriendswithRalphAbernathy,whowaspole marchoftheMontgomeryAlumniChapterofKappaAlphaPsiFraternity. In1962,Dr.BrysonearnedtherankofprofessoratASU,andhehasserved inmanycapacitiesattheinstitution.Since1953Brysonhasservedas advisertoASU'sundergraduatechapterofKappaAlphaPsiFraternityand holdsalifemembershipinthefraternity.

SHANTELLA Y. SHERMAN

QUINTARD TAYLOR

EDNA GREENE MEDFORD

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EdnaGreeneMedford,PhD,isProfessorofHistoryEmeritaandformer AssociateProvostforFacultyAffairsatHowardUniversity Herresearchhas focusedonAmericanslavery,theCivilWar,EmancipationandReconstruction Overthelast35years,shehassharedherscholarshipthroughpublicationsaswell asprovidingcommentaryforhistoricaldocumentaries,participatinginmedia interviews,andpresentinginvitedtalkshereandabroad Sheistheauthorof LincolnandEmancipation(initssecondprinting),coauthorofThe EmancipationProclamation:ThreeViews,andeditorofthehistoryreportforNew York’sAfricanBurialGroundProject.Shehasalsoauthorednumerousrefereed articlesandbookchaptersthathaveappearedinbothnationalandinternational publications.Sheiscurrentlycoauthoringabooklengthstudyofamidwestern Blackfamily’sremarkablejourneyinthegenerationalpursuitoffreedomand equalityinAmerica.

Dr.Medfordistherecipientofseveralhonorsandawards,amongthemthe2009 specialbicentennial“OrderofLincoln,”fromthestateofIllinois;theCollegeof LiberalArtsAlumniAchievementAwardfromtheUniversityofIllinoisat Urbana(2013),theLincolnDiplomaofHonorfromLincolnMemorial University(2014);andtheHowardUniversityDistinguishedFacultyAward (2021)

CARTER G. WOODSON SCHOLAR'S MEDALLION

MILTON C. DAVIS

PRESIDENT’S SERVICE AWARD

MiltonC.DaviswasborninTuskegee,AlabamaandgraduatedfromTuskegee University.HeearnedaJurisDoctoratefromtheUniversityofIowaCollegeof Law Duringhiscollegiateyears,Davisearneddistinctionbybeingnamedan AmericanPoliticalScienceFoundationGraduateFellow;aFordFoundation GraduateFellow;aHerbertLehmanFoundationInternationalScholaranda DistinguishedAirForceROTCGraduate Davisservedasoneofthefirst AfricanAmericanAssistantAttorneyGeneralsoftheStateofAlabamaand receivednationwideacclaimforhisroleinsecuringthefullpardonbasedon innocencefromtheStateofAlabamaforClarenceNorris,thelastofthe "ScottsboroBoys"DavisservedontheBoardofDirectorsoftheCentral AlabamaCommunityFoundationwhichoverseestheinvestmentand distributionofover60milliondollarstocharitiesandnonprofitentities Davis theVicePresidentandservesontheBoardofDirectorsoftheLionelRichie Foundation,Inc

Davisservedfouryearsasthe29thGeneralPresidentofAlphaPhiAlpha Fraternity,thefirstAfricanAmericanCollegiateFraternity.Whilehewas GeneralPresidentAlphaPhiAlphaFraternitywasgrantedtheexclusiverightto constructtheMartinLutherKing,Jr.MemorialontheNationalMallin Washington,DC.HepracticeslawinTuskegee,Alabama.