Organizations Filed Purposes:
ASALH'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE, RESEARCH, PRESERVE, INTERPRET AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ABOUT BLACK LIFE, HISTORY AND CULTURE TO THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY.
A NATIONAL CONFERENCE IS HELD ANNUALLY TO BRING TOGETHER THE ASALH COMMUNITY AND ITS SUPPORTERS TO PARTICIPATE IN WIDE-RANGING ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT ASALH'S MISSION. PRESENTERS INCLUDE NATIONAL LEADERS, SCHOLARS, PROFESSORS, TEACHERS, PROFESSIONALS, STUDENTS, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND LOCAL LEADERS. MANY PARTICIPANTS PRESENT NEW RESEARCH ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY. A CONTINUING FOCUS IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN PAST AND CONTEMPORARY STRUGGLES. SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS ARE MADE EACH YEAR. THE THEME FOR THE 2019 CONFERENCE WAS "BLACK MIGRATIONS".
ASALH IS A NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION WITH THIRTY-EIGHT (38) BRANCHES LOCATED IN CALIFORNIA, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, KENTUCKY, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MISSOURI, NEW YORK, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, TEXAS, TENNESSEE, AND VIRGINIA.
ASALH'S PUBLICATIONS ARE READY RESOURCES TO LEARN AND WRITE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS. IN 2019, ASALH ENTERS ITS 104TH YEAR. DR. CARTER G WOODSON BELIEVED THAT KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY WOULD PLAY AN INTEGRAL PART IN THE FUTURE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD. HIS FIRST BOOK WAS THE EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO PRIOR TO 1861. THE EARLY YEARS OF ASALH WERE FOCUSED ON WRITING, PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTING AND IS ALSO A PRIORITY TODAY. IN 1915, THE FIRST YEAR OF ASALH, DR. WOODSON BEGAN PUBLICATION OF JOURNAL OF NEGRO HISTORY. IT IS NOW PUBLISHED TWICE ANNUALLY AS THE JOURNAL OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Cyrus Sylvia Y | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $101,453 |
| Vaughn Gladys | MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Shepherd Anita M | MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Palmer Annette C | MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Medford Edna Greene | MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Massenburg Moses | MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Marsh Susan Simms | MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Mack Gladys W | MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Jackson Eric | MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| House Anton D | MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Haykal Aaisha | MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Harris Robert L | MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Gooch Cheryl Renee | MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Givens Jarvis Ray | MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Gardner Bettye J | MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Flemming-Hunter Sheila Y | MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Duncan Natanya P | MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Debardelaben Lanesha | MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Clark Zende Lamar | MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Cha-Jua Sundiata Kieta | MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Browne-Marshall Gloria J | MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Banks Jeffrey A | MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Anderson Malayzja | MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Whitehead Karsonya Wise | SECRETARY | 10 | $0 |
| Smith Gilbert A | TREASURER | 10 | $0 |
| Kimble Lionel | VICE PRESIDENT - PROGRAMS | 10 | $0 |
| Dunn Barbara Spencer | VICE PRESIDENT - MEMBERSHIP | 10 | $0 |
| Higginbotham Evelyn Brooks | PRESIDENT | 10 | $0 |
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