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Association of Black Women Historians
FormationOctober 1979
FoundersRosalyn Terborg-Penn

Eleanor Smith

Elizabeth Parker
TypeProfessional association
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HeadquartersWashington, D.C., United States
Official language
English
National Director
Erica Armstrong Dunbar
National Vice Director
Shennette Garrett-Scott
Secretary
Jessica Klanderud
Treasurer
Le'Trice Donaldson
Websiteabwh.org

The Association of Black Women Historians (ABWH) is a

non-profit professional association based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. The organization was developed in 1977 and formally founded in 1979.[1]

History

The Association of Black Women Historians was conceived in 1977 by three Black women historians: Elizabeth Parker, Eleanor Smith, and Rosalyn Terborg-Penn.[2] The organization's constitution outlines four goals: establish a network among the membership, promote Black women in the profession, disseminate information about opportunities in the field, and suggest research topics and repositories.

Before the organization was launched in late 1979 in New York, meetings were held across the country in Cincinnati, California, and Massachusetts, where the women established its framework. A committee was elected to name the organization as well as produce a newsletter, Truth, named after the Black woman abolitionist Sojourner Truth.[3] The first members of the executive committee were Darlene Clark Hine, Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, Janice Sumler-Lewis, Bettye J. Gardner, Sharon Harley, Cheryl Johnson, Juanita Moore, Sylvia M. Jacobs, Maria A. Brown, and Cynthia Neverdon-Morton.

The organization has held research conferences and annual luncheons, and published an anthology to commemorate the 20th anniversary of its founding. Its first research conference, at Howard University in 1983, was titled "Women in the African Diaspora: An Interdisciplinary Perspective". The first luncheon, in 1981, featured keynote speakers and helped raise funds for the group. The keynote speakers included Nell Irvin Painter, Elizabeth Clarke Lewis, and Mary Frances Berry. In 1992, brief remarks were given by then presidential candidate Bill Clinton.[3]

The Association of Black Women Historians continues to hold annual its annual luncheon, and has published two books: In Spite of the Double Drawbacks: African American Women in History and Culture and The Truth Worth of Race: African American Women and the Struggle for Freedom. Erica Armstrong Dunbar is the current national director.

In 2012, ABWH published a statement about the film

domestic workers."[4][5]

Current leadership

The current executive council members are:

Kali Gross-Creative Productions Director (ABWH-TV), Charlene Fletcher-National Publications Director, and Tianna Wilson-Graduate Student Representative.[citation needed
]

Awards

The Association of Black Women Historians honors work that women of African descent are doing in the community based on historical issues. They tend to acknowledge newer people in the history field and not only experts.[citation needed] A publication award is tilted Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Publication Award,[6] and there are multiple "Awards for Academics in the History Field".

References

  • Dagbovie, Pero Gaglo (2004). "Black Women Historians from the Late 19th Century to the Dawning of the Civil Rights Movement", The Journal of African American History, Volume 89, Number 3, Summer 2004, pp. 241–261.

Footnotes

  1. ISBN 0-8153-2309-3
    . Retrieved February 18, 2012.
  2. ^ "About Us". Association of Black Women Historians. April 4, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Administrator. "About ABWH". www.abwh.org. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  4. ^ Rivas, Jorge. "The Association of Black Women Historians Says 'The Help' is Distorted". Colorlines. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  5. ^ "Association of Black Women Historians: Open Letter to Fans of 'The Help'", New America Media, Commentary, August 18, 2011.
  6. ^ a b "Awards". Association of Black Women Historians. April 4, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
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