Leadership

Mr. John Ashley, Esq.
Bethel Dukes Branch

Ms. Chadra Pittman
University of Alabama Birmingham

Dr. Sundiata K. Cha-Jua
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Dr. Lopez D. Matthews, Jr.
District of Columbia Archives

Dr. Zebulon Vance Miletsky
Stony Brook University

Dr. Crystal Moten
Obama Foundation

Dr. Crystal Sanders
Emory University

Dr. Camesha Scruggs
Central Connecticut State University

Dr. Carlton E. Wilson
North Carolina Central University

Kimberly L. Jeffries Leonard, PhD
Washington, DC

Mr. John E. Adams
Bronzeville Trail Task Force, Inc.

Dr. Karen Cook Bell
Bowie State University

Dr. Anthony Cade II
United States Air Force

Dr. Natanya Duncan
Queens College

Dr. Aisha Johnson
Georgia Institute of Technology

Dr. Lionel Kimble
Chicago State University and The Chicago Urban League

Ms. Tomiko Meeks
Howard University

Daryl Michael Scott
Morgan State University

Dr. Gladys Gary Vaughn
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Washington, DC

Festival Luncheon Committee Co-Chair

Dr. Augustus C. Wood
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Ms. Denise Rolark Barnes
The Washington Informer

Dr. Cornelius L. Bynum
Purdue University

Awards Committee Chair

Dr. Deirdre Foreman
Manhattan Branch of ASALH

Public Commentary Committee Chair

Dr. Kenvi Phillips
Brown University

Mr. Walter Lanier, Esq.
Milwaukee, WI

Mr. James Morgan III
International African American Museum