Greetings Colleagues,
I trust you're well. Jamaal Fisher at Alabama State University forwarded this exciting press release. Congrats to Pauletta!
ASALH LIVING LEGACY AWARDS RECIPIENTS SELECTED
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is pleased to announce the recipients of the Living Legacy Award to be presented at its 87th Annual Black History Month Luncheon, February 23, 2013 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. On this occasion ASALH will announce the 2013 Black History theme - At the Crossroads of Freedom and Equality: The Emancipation Proclamation and the March on Washington.
With over 180 nominations, the award recipients are:
Dr. Mary Frances Berry (Educator, Public Servant, Author and Lecturer)
Ms. Camille Billops (Visual Artist)
Dr. Pauletta Brown Bracy (Librarian)
Ms. Minnijean Brown Trickey ("Little Rock Nine" and Civil Rights Activist)
Ms. Marquetta L. Goodwin ("Queen Quet" of Gullah Geechee Nation)
Ms. Eloise Greenfield (Children's Book Author)
Ms. Antoinette Harrell (Documentary Producer)
Dr. Olivia Hooker (Black Pioneer in US Coast Guard and Child Psychologist)
Ms. Lyn Hughes (Museum Founder and Curator)
Ms. Dorothy Jones (Community Development Leader)
Ms. Cheryl Knox (Sports and Criminal Justice)
Ms. Naomi Long Madgett (Poet Laurette and Educator)
Ms. LaToya Lucas (Purple Heart Recipient, Author, Motivational Speaker)
Dr. Margaret Moore (Educator)
Ms. Mary Moultries (Activist and Labor Leader)
Ms. Newatha Myers (Historian)
Ms. Consolee Nishimwe (Author and Rwanda Civil War Survivor)
Ms. Florence Tate (Journalist, Press Secretary and Civil Rights Activist)
Dr. Najmah Thomas (Activist and Workforce Administrator)
Ms. Camilla P. Thompson (Historian, Educator, and Mentor)
Sponsored by ASALH's long-time partner Farmers Insurance, the awards program was created in 2012, to feature the year's Black History Month theme, Black Women in American History and Culture. The twenty awards recipients include local, state, national, and international African American women who work to improve their communities, institutions, organizations and family life.
ABOUT ASALH
Established in September 1915, by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History is the world's oldest learned society devoted to the research, education and the status of culture and history of people of African descent. Dr. Woodson is the recognized "father" of Black History. ASALH carries forth the work of Dr. Woodson by speaking a fundamental truth to the world that-- African Americans and people of African descent are makers of history and co-workers in what W. E. B. DuBois called "the kingdom of culture." ASALH's mission is to promote research, preserve, interpret, and disseminate information about Black life, history and culture to the global community. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., ASALH is the publisher of the Journal of African American History (JAAH), establishes the annual Black History themes, and conducts an Annual Convention of historians and educators. For information on ASALH, please visit http://www.asalh.net.
ABOUT FARMER'S INSURANCE
Farmers Insurance Group of Companies is a leading U.S. insurer of automobiles, homes and small businesses and also provides a wide range of other insurance and financial services products. Farmers Insurance is proud to serve more than 10 million households with more than 20 million individual policies across all 50 states through the efforts of over 50,000 exclusive and independent agents and nearly 24,000 employees.
Farmers is a trade name and may refer to Farmers Group, Inc, or the Farmers Exchanges, as the case may be. Farmers Group, Inc., a management and holding company, along with its subsidiaries, is wholly owned by the Zurich Insurance Group. The Farmers Exchanges are three reciprocal insurers (Farmers Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange and Truck Insurance Exchange), including their subsidiaries and affiliates, owned by their policyholders, and managed by Farmers Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information about Farmers, visit its web site at www.farmers.comhttp://www.farmers.com/ or at www.Facebook.com/FarmersInsurancehttp://www.facebook.com/FarmersInsurance.
ABOUT THE 87TH ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH LUNCHEON
ASALH's Annual Black History Month Luncheon is the occasion to kick-off the Black History theme for the year. At the Crossroads of Freedom and Equality: The Emancipation Proclamation and the March on Washington is the 2013 Black History Theme. The Luncheon will be held Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 12:30 p.m. at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road N.W. in Washington, D.C. The Guest Speaker is Dr. Mary Frances Berry, Former Chairman, U. S. Civil Rights Commission. For tickets to the event, visit http://asalh.org/Annual_Luncheon_purchase.html
SANDRA M. PHOENIX
Executive Director
HBCU Library Alliance
sphoenix@hbculibraries.orgmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org
www.hbculibraries.orghttp://www.hbculibraries.org/
800-999-8558, ext. 4820
404-520-0593
Skype: sandra.phoenix1
1438 West Peachtree NW
Suite 200
Atlanta,GA 30309
Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS)
Fax: 404.892.7879
www.lyrasis.orghttp://www.lyrasis.org/
Honor the ancestors, honor the children.
My warmest congratulations Dr. Bracy! What an honor!
Cynthia
Cynthia L. Henderson, MILS, AHIP
Executive Director
Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library
Howard University
501 W Street, NW
Washington, DC 20059
cynthia.henderson@howard.edumailto:cynthia.henderson@howard.edu
202.884.1723 voice
202.884.1733 fax
http://hsl.howard.edu/http://www.howard.edu/library/
From: hbcu-libadmin-bounces@lists.hbculibraries.org [hbcu-libadmin-bounces@lists.hbculibraries.org] On Behalf Of Sandra Phoenix [sphoenix@hbculibraries.org]
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Subject: Dr. Pauletta Brown Bracy - ASALH Living Legacy Award Recipient
Greetings Colleagues,
I trust you’re well. Jamaal Fisher at Alabama State University forwarded this exciting press release. Congrats to Pauletta!
ASALH LIVING LEGACY AWARDS RECIPIENTS SELECTED
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is pleased to announce the recipients of the Living Legacy Award to be presented at its 87th Annual Black History Month Luncheon, February 23, 2013 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. On this occasion ASALH will announce the 2013 Black History theme - At the Crossroads of Freedom and Equality: The Emancipation Proclamation and the March on Washington.
With over 180 nominations, the award recipients are:
Dr. Mary Frances Berry (Educator, Public Servant, Author and Lecturer)
Ms. Camille Billops (Visual Artist)
Dr. Pauletta Brown Bracy (Librarian)
Ms. Minnijean Brown Trickey (“Little Rock Nine” and Civil Rights Activist)
Ms. Marquetta L. Goodwin (“Queen Quet” of Gullah Geechee Nation)
Ms. Eloise Greenfield (Children’s Book Author)
Ms. Antoinette Harrell (Documentary Producer)
Dr. Olivia Hooker (Black Pioneer in US Coast Guard and Child Psychologist)
Ms. Lyn Hughes (Museum Founder and Curator)
Ms. Dorothy Jones (Community Development Leader)
Ms. Cheryl Knox (Sports and Criminal Justice)
Ms. Naomi Long Madgett (Poet Laurette and Educator)
Ms. LaToya Lucas (Purple Heart Recipient, Author, Motivational Speaker)
Dr. Margaret Moore (Educator)
Ms. Mary Moultries (Activist and Labor Leader)
Ms. Newatha Myers (Historian)
Ms. Consolee Nishimwe (Author and Rwanda Civil War Survivor)
Ms. Florence Tate (Journalist, Press Secretary and Civil Rights Activist)
Dr. Najmah Thomas (Activist and Workforce Administrator)
Ms. Camilla P. Thompson (Historian, Educator, and Mentor)
Sponsored by ASALH’s long-time partner Farmers Insurance, the awards program was created in 2012, to feature the year’s Black History Month theme, Black Women in American History and Culture. The twenty awards recipients include local, state, national, and international African American women who work to improve their communities, institutions, organizations and family life.
ABOUT ASALH
Established in September 1915, by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History is the world’s oldest learned society devoted to the research, education and the status of culture and history of people of African descent. Dr. Woodson is the recognized “father” of Black History. ASALH carries forth the work of Dr. Woodson by speaking a fundamental truth to the world that-- African Americans and people of African descent are makers of history and co-workers in what W. E. B. DuBois called “the kingdom of culture.” ASALH’s mission is to promote research, preserve, interpret, and disseminate information about Black life, history and culture to the global community. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., ASALH is the publisher of the Journal of African American History (JAAH), establishes the annual Black History themes, and conducts an Annual Convention of historians and educators. For information on ASALH, please visit http://www.asalh.net.
ABOUT FARMER’S INSURANCE
Farmers Insurance Group of Companies is a leading U.S. insurer of automobiles, homes and small businesses and also provides a wide range of other insurance and financial services products. Farmers Insurance is proud to serve more than 10 million households with more than 20 million individual policies across all 50 states through the efforts of over 50,000 exclusive and independent agents and nearly 24,000 employees.
Farmers is a trade name and may refer to Farmers Group, Inc, or the Farmers Exchanges, as the case may be. Farmers Group, Inc., a management and holding company, along with its subsidiaries, is wholly owned by the Zurich Insurance Group. The Farmers Exchanges are three reciprocal insurers (Farmers Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange and Truck Insurance Exchange), including their subsidiaries and affiliates, owned by their policyholders, and managed by Farmers Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information about Farmers, visit its web site at www.farmers.comhttp://www.farmers.com/ or at www.Facebook.com/FarmersInsurancehttp://www.facebook.com/FarmersInsurance.
ABOUT THE 87TH ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH LUNCHEON
ASALH’s Annual Black History Month Luncheon is the occasion to kick-off the Black History theme for the year. At the Crossroads of Freedom and Equality: The Emancipation Proclamation and the March on Washington is the 2013 Black History Theme. The Luncheon will be held Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 12:30 p.m. at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road N.W. in Washington, D.C. The Guest Speaker is Dr. Mary Frances Berry, Former Chairman, U. S. Civil Rights Commission. For tickets to the event, visit http://asalh.org/Annual_Luncheon_purchase.html
SANDRA M. PHOENIX
Executive Director
HBCU Library Alliance
sphoenix@hbculibraries.orgmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org
www.hbculibraries.orghttp://www.hbculibraries.org/
800-999-8558, ext. 4820
404-520-0593
Skype: sandra.phoenix1
1438 West Peachtree NW
Suite 200
Atlanta,GA 30309
Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS)
Fax: 404.892.7879
www.lyrasis.orghttp://www.lyrasis.org/
Honor the ancestors, honor the children.
Pauletta....
Congratulations on the ASALH Living Legacy Award for 2013!....Your Prairie View A&M University colleagues and I are all very happy for you....and this wonderful achievement!....
Best Wishes, Rosie
Dr. Rosie L. Albritton, Ph.D., M.L.S., M.A.
Director of Library Services
Professor of Educational Media & Technology
ALA Councilor at Large - 2003 to 2013
John B. Coleman Library - Room 207C
Prairie View A&M University
Prairie View, Texas 77446
Phone: 936-261-1510
Fax: 936-261-1539
Email: rlalbritton@pvamu.edumailto:rlalbritton@pvamu.edu
Library Website: www.pvamu.edu/libraryhttp://www.pvamu.edu/library
From: hbcu-libadmin-bounces@lists.hbculibraries.org [mailto:hbcu-libadmin-bounces@lists.hbculibraries.org] On Behalf Of Sandra Phoenix
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 5:05 AM
To: Hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.org
Cc: Hbcu-lib@lists.hbculibraries.org
Subject: Dr. Pauletta Brown Bracy - ASALH Living Legacy Award Recipient
Greetings Colleagues,
I trust you're well. Jamaal Fisher at Alabama State University forwarded this exciting press release. Congrats to Pauletta!
ASALH LIVING LEGACY AWARDS RECIPIENTS SELECTED
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is pleased to announce the recipients of the Living Legacy Award to be presented at its 87th Annual Black History Month Luncheon, February 23, 2013 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. On this occasion ASALH will announce the 2013 Black History theme - At the Crossroads of Freedom and Equality: The Emancipation Proclamation and the March on Washington.
With over 180 nominations, the award recipients are:
Dr. Mary Frances Berry (Educator, Public Servant, Author and Lecturer)
Ms. Camille Billops (Visual Artist)
Dr. Pauletta Brown Bracy (Librarian)
Ms. Minnijean Brown Trickey ("Little Rock Nine" and Civil Rights Activist)
Ms. Marquetta L. Goodwin ("Queen Quet" of Gullah Geechee Nation)
Ms. Eloise Greenfield (Children's Book Author)
Ms. Antoinette Harrell (Documentary Producer)
Dr. Olivia Hooker (Black Pioneer in US Coast Guard and Child Psychologist)
Ms. Lyn Hughes (Museum Founder and Curator)
Ms. Dorothy Jones (Community Development Leader)
Ms. Cheryl Knox (Sports and Criminal Justice)
Ms. Naomi Long Madgett (Poet Laurette and Educator)
Ms. LaToya Lucas (Purple Heart Recipient, Author, Motivational Speaker)
Dr. Margaret Moore (Educator)
Ms. Mary Moultries (Activist and Labor Leader)
Ms. Newatha Myers (Historian)
Ms. Consolee Nishimwe (Author and Rwanda Civil War Survivor)
Ms. Florence Tate (Journalist, Press Secretary and Civil Rights Activist)
Dr. Najmah Thomas (Activist and Workforce Administrator)
Ms. Camilla P. Thompson (Historian, Educator, and Mentor)
Sponsored by ASALH's long-time partner Farmers Insurance, the awards program was created in 2012, to feature the year's Black History Month theme, Black Women in American History and Culture. The twenty awards recipients include local, state, national, and international African American women who work to improve their communities, institutions, organizations and family life.
ABOUT ASALH
Established in September 1915, by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History is the world's oldest learned society devoted to the research, education and the status of culture and history of people of African descent. Dr. Woodson is the recognized "father" of Black History. ASALH carries forth the work of Dr. Woodson by speaking a fundamental truth to the world that-- African Americans and people of African descent are makers of history and co-workers in what W. E. B. DuBois called "the kingdom of culture." ASALH's mission is to promote research, preserve, interpret, and disseminate information about Black life, history and culture to the global community. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., ASALH is the publisher of the Journal of African American History (JAAH), establishes the annual Black History themes, and conducts an Annual Convention of historians and educators. For information on ASALH, please visit http://www.asalh.net.
ABOUT FARMER'S INSURANCE
Farmers Insurance Group of Companies is a leading U.S. insurer of automobiles, homes and small businesses and also provides a wide range of other insurance and financial services products. Farmers Insurance is proud to serve more than 10 million households with more than 20 million individual policies across all 50 states through the efforts of over 50,000 exclusive and independent agents and nearly 24,000 employees.
Farmers is a trade name and may refer to Farmers Group, Inc, or the Farmers Exchanges, as the case may be. Farmers Group, Inc., a management and holding company, along with its subsidiaries, is wholly owned by the Zurich Insurance Group. The Farmers Exchanges are three reciprocal insurers (Farmers Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange and Truck Insurance Exchange), including their subsidiaries and affiliates, owned by their policyholders, and managed by Farmers Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information about Farmers, visit its web site at www.farmers.comhttp://www.farmers.com/ or at www.Facebook.com/FarmersInsurancehttp://www.facebook.com/FarmersInsurance.
ABOUT THE 87TH ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH LUNCHEON
ASALH's Annual Black History Month Luncheon is the occasion to kick-off the Black History theme for the year. At the Crossroads of Freedom and Equality: The Emancipation Proclamation and the March on Washington is the 2013 Black History Theme. The Luncheon will be held Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 12:30 p.m. at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road N.W. in Washington, D.C. The Guest Speaker is Dr. Mary Frances Berry, Former Chairman, U. S. Civil Rights Commission. For tickets to the event, visit http://asalh.org/Annual_Luncheon_purchase.html
SANDRA M. PHOENIX
Executive Director
HBCU Library Alliance
sphoenix@hbculibraries.orgmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org
www.hbculibraries.orghttp://www.hbculibraries.org/
800-999-8558, ext. 4820
404-520-0593
Skype: sandra.phoenix1
1438 West Peachtree NW
Suite 200
Atlanta,GA 30309
Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS)
Fax: 404.892.7879
www.lyrasis.orghttp://www.lyrasis.org/
Honor the ancestors, honor the children.