Awards Banquet SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2026 7:30 P.M. - 10:30 P.M. EST NORFOLK WATERSIDE MARRIOTT The Annual ASALH Awards Banquet recognizes the contributions of ASALH members, community and national leaders who have made significant contributions to African American history.
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
Established in 1993, the Carter Godwin Woodson Scholars Medallion is presented to a scholar whose career is distinguished through at least a decade of research, writing, and activism in the field of African American life and history.
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE SERVICE AWARD
This award was established in tribute to Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune because of her dynamic leadership and her years of contributing to education, women’s history, and African-American life and culture. Dr. Bethune served as the first woman president of ASALH from 1936 to 1951 and is one of the most outstanding women role models in our history.
LIVING LEGACY AWARD
In partnership with Farmers Insurance, the ASALH Living Legacy Awards honor African American women and men across the country engaged in extraordinary work to improve communities, institutions, organizations and family life.
FREEDOM SCHOLAR AWARD
A Freedom Scholar seeks to empower and inspire. A Freedom Scholar provides a direct benefit to African-American communities locally or nationally. ASALH has initiated the Freedom Scholar award to honor early scholars of any discipline who can demonstrate that their field of study is having a direct positive impact on the life of African-Americans.
THE ASALH LUMINARY AWARD
The ASALH Luminary Award was established to recognize the outstanding work and contributions related to the mission and goals of ASALH, including the local branch, by a person in the locale of the annual convention.
COUNCIL AWARD OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION
ASALH established the Award of Special Recognition to acknowledge the contributions of individuals, institutions and corporations that make a substantial contribution to the success of ASALH in pursuing the mission of its founder, Dr. Carter G. Woodson.
PRESIDENT’S SERVICE AWARD
The President’s Service Award is presented to an individual who has made exceptional contributions to the African American community, locally and nationally. The President of ASALH selects an individual whose record of community service exemplifies one of the most important objectives of ASALH: selfless service to the African American community.
THE DOROTHY PORTER WESLEY AWARD
The Dorothy Porter Wesley Award was established in 2018 by the Information Professionals of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) to honor and document the outstanding work of Information Professionals; Bibliophiles, Librarians, Archivists, Curators and Collectors. Many of our Information Professionals have also played a major role in supporting the work of ASALH, by serving in leadership roles and as members.
ASALH ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET PROGRAM Introduction of Emcee
Sylvia Y. Cyrus, Executive Director
Emcee
Janet Roach, WVEC-TV 13
Invocation & Grace
Rev. W. Marcus Small, Senior Pastor, New Calvary Baptist Church, Norfolk, VA
Welcome, Occasion & Introduction of Executive Council
Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Ph.D., ASALH President
"Juneteenth"
Norfolk State University Jazz Ensemble
Greetings from the Conference Honorary Host Committee
Councilwoman Amelia Ross-Hammond, Ph.D., Co-Chairman
Congressional Greetings
The Honorable Robert C. “Bobby” Scott, Virginia District 3
Mayoral Greetings
Dr. Kenneth Alexander, Mayor of Norfolk
Musical Entertainment
Norfolk State University Jazz Ensemble
Professor Frank T. Elliott Ed.D., Director
Professor Frank T. Elliott Ed.D., Director Dinner is Served
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS AWARDEES
PRESENTERS
The Dorothy Porter Wesley Award Awardee: Joellen ElBashir
Lopez Matthews, Ph.D., Executive Council
Living Legacy Award Presentation Awardee: Althemese Barnes ASALH Luminary Award Presentations Awardee: Latorial Faison, Ph.D. Awardee: Devon Henry Freedom Scholar Award Presentation Awardee: Marlee Bunch, Ed.D. Mary McLeod Bethune Service Award Presentation Awardee: William "Bill" Branch Jr.
Camesha Scruggs, Ph.D., Awards Committee Chair and Executive Council Rev. Randall Webber, Ph.D., Executive Council Everett Hardy, Ph.D., Executive Council James Stewart, Ph.D., Former ASALH President
Awardee: Jerome "Jerry" Harris
Sharita Jacobs, Ph.D. and Gladys Gary Vaughn, Ph.D., ASALH Black History Month Luncheon Co-Chairs Sheila Flemming, Ph.D., Former ASALH President
Council Award of Special Recognition Presentations Awardee: Burnis Morris Awardee: Eunique Jones Gibson Awardee: Lillian Serece Williams, Ph.D. Awardee: Lucien J. Metellus, Jr.
Leslie Etienne, Ph.D., Executive Council Aaisha Haykal, Vice President for Programs Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Ph.D., Former ASALH President W. Marvin Dulaney, Ph.D., Former ASALH President
Carter G. Woodson Scholars Medallion Awardee: Edda Fields-Black, Ph.D. President’s Service Award Awardee: Congressman Al Green Awardee: Makola M. Abdullah Awardee: Javaune Adams-Gaston
Daryl Michael Scott, Ph.D., Executive Council and Former ASALH President Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Ph.D., ASALH President Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Ph.D., ASALH President Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Ph.D., ASALH President
Closing Remarks
Sylvia Y. Cyrus, Executive Director
Benediction
Rev. W. Marcus Small, Senior Pastor, New Calvary Baptist Church, Norfolk, VA
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PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
JANET ROACH
REV. DR. WILLIAM MARCUS SMALL
Emcee WVEC-TV 13
Invocation, Grace, & Benediction
ROBERT HARRIS, JR.
BETTYE J. GARDNER
SHEILA FLEMMING
ASALH President 1991-1993
ASALH President 1995-1997
ASALH President 2004-2006
JAMES STEWART
DARYL SCOTT
ASALH President 2010-2012
ASALH President 2013-2015
EVELYN BROOKS HIGGINBOTHAM ASALH President 2016-2021
MARVIN DULANEY ASALH President 2022-2024
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PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY JAZZ ENSEMBLE
The NSU Vocal Jazz Ensemble is one of several premier performance groups within the NSU Division of Music. The group was reestablished in 2003 under the direction of the late, Dr. Patricia Saunders Nixon. In August of 2010, the privilege to serve as Director of the Ensemble was bestowed upon Professor Frank T. Elliott. Now in its 17th season under his direction, the Ensemble has expanded to over 20 vocalists, 7 instrumentalists, and a media team with state-of-the-art sound equipment! A combination of song, dance, improvisation, and collaborative ingenuity, has resulted in this extraordinary show choir that exhibits an alluring sensitivity for the jazz idiom.
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PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
FRANK T. ELLIOTT Director of the Vocal Jazz Ensemble
Professor Frank T. Elliott Ed.D., is the director of the Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and instructor of music in the Department of Visual & Performing Arts at Norfolk State University. He began studying piano at the age of 8 and by age 10 had earned a reputation as a talented accompanist. Frank received his graduate degree in Music Education from NSU in 2004. He earned a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Degree Studies in Music Education from Boston University in 2018. Frank has served as the Director of Music at the historic Third Baptist Church in Portsmouth, Virginia for the last 29 years. He provides private piano instruction from his home studio and is affiliated with a variety of professional music organizations throughout the area and abroad.
Sopranos
Altos
Tenors
Bass
Khamarri Boatner
India Martin
Edwin Boffman
Zion Stith
Rashanda Garner-Najee
Alise Draper
Jahmere Magwood
Akee Weaks
Anja Shepherd
Chrystall Elliott-Smith
Tyler Nesmith
Kevohn Rush
Alyssa Glover
Anjeolaoluwa Archer
Nyjaela Lewis
Rae Tyson
Sunshine Huggins
Laila Bazemore, synthesizer Edward Boffman, Jr., violin Herbert Jones, percussion Damien Pryce, percussion Rashad Russell, percussion Melvin Colvon, bass guitar Demetrius Rollack, trumpet David Hooker, trumpet DeShawn Threatts, saxophone Tyler Stephens, trombone
Professor Gerald Thompson, Sound Engineer Jeremiah Washington, Sound Technician Kenneth Whitfield, Sound Technician Ayden Lewis, Sound Technician Professor Frank T. Elliott, Director / Accompanist
JOELLEN ELBASHIR THE DOROTHY PORTER WESLEY AWARD Joellen ElBashir dedicated thirty-three years to the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (MSRC), demonstrating exceptional commitment to Howard University’s premier repository documenting the global history and culture of people of African descent. Beginning her career as a Manuscript Librarian in 1986 and advancing to Senior Manuscript Librarian, she played a vital role in processing, preserving, and organizing manuscript collections, producing finding aids, and developing tools that enhanced access for researchers worldwide. Her work also included preparing exhibits, implementing public programs, and conducting outreach to highlight the Center’s extensive holdings. In 1995, Joellen became Curator of Manuscripts, later serving concurrently as Acting Chief Librarian from 2009 to 2019. In these leadership roles, she oversaw the development of both manuscript and library collections, expanding her focus to include sheet music, photographs, oral histories, prints, and artifacts. She directed staff training, managed administrative operations, strengthened public services, and improved technical processing for library materials. Joellen also contributed to policy development, fiscal oversight, and reporting essential to MSRC’s long-term stability. Throughout her distinguished career, Joellen’s unwavering dedication, professionalism, and stewardship helped ensure the continued vitality of Moorland-Spingarn as one of the world’s foremost research facilities preserving African diaspora history.
ALTHEMESE BARNES LIVING LEGACY AWARD Ms. Althemese Pemberton Barnes is a nationally recognized preservation leader whose work has shaped how African American heritage is sustained and supported across the United States. Over more than four decades, she has built durable structures that enable local institutions to preserve primary records, maintain historic sites, and remain active within their communities. She is the founder of the Florida African American Heritage Preservation Network (FAAHPN), a statewide network of more than 50 museums, historic sites, and cultural institutions. Through FAAHPN, organizations across Florida have gained the training, technical support, and funding access required to strengthen collections, stabilize operations, and expand public engagement. Ms. Barnes also founded the John Gilmore Riley Center/Museum of African American History and Culture in Tallahassee, establishing a lasting anchor for preservation and interpretation. For more than twenty years, she led both institutions without compensation while mentoring a generation of leaders who now serve as stewards across the state. Her work helped establish a model for statewide heritage infrastructure that has informed similar efforts elsewhere. Her legacy is reflected in the institutions that remain active, the records that endure, and the continuity of stewardship she made possible.
LATORIAL FAISON THE ASALH LUMINARY AWARD
Dr. Latorial Faison is a poet, author, Assistant Professor, and Chair of the Department of Languages and Literature at Virginia State University. A native of Southampton County, VA, her writing explores Black Southern life, culture, and identity. Faison is the author of numerous poetry collections, including the bestselling collection, Nursery Rhymes in Black, recipient of the 2023 Permafrost Poetry Prize, submitted for 2026 Pulitzer nomination, and selected for the Library of Virginia's 2026 Carol Weinstein Author Series. A twice Pushcart Prize nominee, Dr. Faison has received the Tom Howard Poetry Prize and fellowships from Virginia Humanities, AWP, and the Furious Flower Poetry Center. She is also a lifelong educator and Military Spouse. Faison was appointed by Gov. Abigail Spanberger to serve as Poet Laureate of Virginia. She is a 2026 finalist for the Virginia Literary Awards; she continues to champion literature, education, and cultural history through scholarship and creative work.
DEVON HENRY THE ASALH LUMINARY AWARD
Devon M. Henry is a Richmond, Virginia entrepreneur who built two national companies. As CEO of Team Henry Enterprises, the contracting firm he founded in 2006, he led the high-profile effort to safely remove and relocate more than two dozen nineteenth-century bronze statues across the southeastern U.S., making him the go-to name for this sensitive, historic work. He also founded and leads TH Logistics, a global third- and fourth-party logistics company. Henry serves on numerous boards, including Village Bank and Trust Financial Corp (NASDAQ: VBFC) and the Norfolk State University Board of Visitors, where he previously served as Rector. His honors include Entrepreneur of the Year from the Metropolitan Business League and an honorary doctorate from Norfolk State, which named its communications tower after him in 2025. A sought-after speaker on entrepreneurship and social activism, Henry also funds a Norfolk State scholarship that has supported more than 50 STEM students.
MARLEE BUNCH FREEDOM SCHOLAR AWARD Dr. Marlee S. Bunch is an interdisciplinary educator, scholar, and author whose work centers oral histories of Black educators, African American educational history, and culturally responsive teaching and leadership. She is a National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow. Currently, she serves as a Senior Research Associate with the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity & Justice at Rutgers University. Dr. Bunch has over a decade of experience teaching across secondary and postsecondary contexts and has held leadership roles in curriculum development, educator preparation, and community-based educational initiatives. Dr. Bunch is the author of The Magnitude of Us: A Teaching Guide for Creating Culturally Responsive Classrooms (Teachers College Press), which received the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award, the Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award, and the National Council of Teachers of English David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research. She is also the author of Unlearning the Hush: Oral Histories of Black Female Educators in Mississippi in the Civil Rights Era (University of Illinois Press. Her work uses oral histories to center lived experience and voices of Black educators whose stories are too often left out of official records. You can learn more at Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
WILLIAM "BILL" BRANCH JR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE SERVICE AWARD
William E. Branch Jr. is a Washington, DC–based archivist who has served in the Office of Public Records for nearly 23 years. A graduate of the University of the District of Columbia, he also attended Howard University School of Law. He is an active member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity and several professional and historical organizations, including the African American Historical and Genealogical Society, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, the Society of American Archivists, the National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators, and the Council of State Archivists. In addition to his professional pursuits, Branch is a jazz bassist who has performed with AJQ Plus 1 for 15 years.
JEROME "JERRY" HARRIS MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE SERVICE AWARD Jerome “Jerry” Harris merged his Rutgers University-earned B.A. in Sociology and M.S. in Urban Planning becoming a public administrator, educator and social justice advocate. As a well-rounded scholar-athlete, Jerry developed a lifelong philosophy of disciplined involvement. He excelled at multiple levels of professional responsibility as Director of the Department of Housing and Economic Development for Trenton (NJ), Executive Director of the Urban and Public Policy Institute at Rowan University, and Assistant Secretary of State and Assistant State Treasurer for State of New Jersey. His commitment to quality education and sound leadership for the advancement of communities of color, is apparent in every venue he has impacted. Jerry has helped thousands of people to understand the connection between thoughtful policy development, focused economic investments and sincere love for the culture and history of African derived communities. Jerry has taught in traditional educational settings and helped in the creation of alternative “Freedom School” curricula serving all ages and demographic groups. His contributions in New Jersey have been replicated in South Carolina for the past twenty years. When asked to explain his energy and willingness to share expertise and organizational acumen, his response is “to whom much is given, much is required.”
BURNIS MORRIS COUNCIL AWARD OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Professor Burnis Morris is co-founder of Marshall University’s Carter G. Woodson Lyceum in the School of Journalism & Mass Communications, a West Virginia Humanities Council board member and former Freedom Forum First Amendment Center Professional Scholar at Vanderbilt University. Morris and Marshall President Brad Smith co-chair the Negro History Week Centennial program that produced free online Black History courses, a symposium and a limited-edition Woodson lapel pin (ASALH Store). He is author of Carter G. Woodson: History, the Black Press, and Public Relations (2017). As a journalist, Morris served in a variety of capacities at newspapers owned by Cox Enterprises (including Atlanta Constitution, Austin American-Statesman and Palm Beach Post). He began as a New York Times intern and was the first Black student at Ole Miss named to Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities. Morris earned a B.A. in Journalism at Ole Miss and M.P.A. from University of Dayton.
EUNIQUE JONES GIBSON COUNCIL AWARD OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Eunique Jones Gibson is a cultural architect, brand builder and storyteller whose work has created global movements centered on representation, culture and community. In 2013, she launched Because of Them, We Can®, an award-winning multimedia platform that empowers the next generation to honor their ancestors and celebrate Black excellence. The campaign received an honorable mention in Fast Company’s 2023 World Changing Ideas Awards. Eunique is also the founder and CEO of Culture Brands, an agency that creates culturally relevant campaigns for leading companies and made history as the first African American agency of record for Hyundai Motor America. Her commitment to inclusive products led her to establish The Happy Hues Company, a baby essentials brand that launched with Big-ups training pants. She also created #CultureTags, a popular game celebrating the joy and nostalgia of the Black experience that was named one of America’s Hottest Brands by Ad Age. A graduate of Bowie State University and member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Eunique has been recognized as a White House Champion of Change, AdColor Rockstar and Ebony Power100 honoree.
LILLIAN SERECE WILIAMS COUNCIL AWARD OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Dr. Lillian Serece Williams is a scholar, institution-builder, human rights advocate and philanthropist. She is professor emerita and former chair of African American Studies at the University at Buffalo, SUNY, and previously taught at Howard University and the University at Albany. A life member of ASALH, she has served as a council member, program co-chair, panelist and editorial board member of The Journal of African American History. Williams helped found the Association of Black Women Historians and the Afro-American Historical Association of the Niagara Frontier, which has preserved history for more than 50 years. Her books include Strangers in the Land of Paradise and A Bridge to the Future Green, and her editorial work helped shape Black women’s history. She edited records of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs and contributed to the 16-volume Black Women in United States History. Her preservation efforts have honored Mary Burnett Talbert, Mary Church Terrell and others. Williams helped propose the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, serves on the New York State Commission on Reparations, and has advocated for housing equity and voting rights. In 2026, the University at Buffalo named its African American Studies lecture in her honor.
LUCIEN J. METELLUS, JR. COUNCIL AWARD OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION Lucien J. Metellus Jr., the 37th General President of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., is a Brooklyn native of Haitian descent. After his family moved to Queens, New York, he attended Springfield Gardens High School and later earned a degree in Policy Studies from Syracuse University. Initiated through Zeta Zeta Lambda Chapter in St. Albans, New York, Brother Metellus has served Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. at the chapter, district, regional, and national levels, including as Chapter President, New York State President, District Director, and 28th Eastern Regional Vice President. He was elected General President on January 12, 2024, and assumed office January 1, 2025. Under his leadership, Alpha Phi Alpha made a $50,000 donation to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History and contributed $600,000 to historically Black colleges and universities and majority-minority-serving institutions. Professionally, Metellus has spent more than 20 years in information technology as a project manager and senior business analyst, directing technology initiatives that generated millions of dollars in savings. A life member of Alpha, published poet, minister, community servant, and advocate for diversity and youth development, he embodies Alpha’s ideal of being “Servants of All.” He and his wife, Esther, are the parents of Jeremiah and Janae.
EDDA FIELDS-BLACK CARTER G. WOODSON SCHOLAR'S MEDALLION
Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black is Professor in the Department of History and Director of the Dietrich College Humanities Center at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research specialty is the trans- national history of West African rice farmers, peasant farmers in pre-colonial Upper Guinea Coast and enslaved laborers on rice plantations in the antebellum South Carolina and Georgia Lowcountry. Fields-Black won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in History, the 2025 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize, the 2025 Tom Watson Brown Book Award, and the 2024 George C. Rogers Jr. Award for COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War (Oxford University Press, 2024). This narrative history tells the untold story of the Combahee River Raid from the perspective of Tubman and the enslaved people she helped to free based on new sources not previously used by historians. Fields-Black’s first monograph Deep Roots: Rice Farmers in West Africa and the African Diaspora (Indiana University Press, 2014, 2008). Fields-Black is also co-author of Rice: Global Networks and New Histories (Chinese edition 2023; Cambridge University Press 2017, 2015) with Francesca Bray, Peter Coclanis, and Dagmar Schafer), which was awarded the Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015.
CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN PRESIDENT’S SERVICE AWARD U.S. Congressman Al Green is a veteran civil rights advocate, attorney, and public servant whose career has been defined by a commitment to justice, economic opportunity, and the advancement of underserved communities. Representing Houston’s 9th Congressional District, Green began his eleventh term in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2025. Before Congress, he co-founded a Houston law firm and served for 26 years as a Harris County Justice of the Peace. He also spent nearly a decade as president of the Houston Branch of the NAACP, where he helped grow membership, expand the organization’s capacity, and secure its headquarters. In Congress, Green has championed legislation supporting veterans, minority-owned businesses, small businesses, affordable housing, and communities historically excluded from economic opportunity. His legislative accomplishments include establishing the Emergency Capital Investment Program, strengthening access to small-business capital, and permanently codifying the Minority Business Development Agency. He serves as Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus. From the courtroom to Congress, Green continues to advocate for equity, economic empowerment, and communities across the nation.
MAKOLA M. ABDULLAH PRESIDENT’S SERVICE AWARD
Dr. Makola M. Abdullah has spent his career in service to higher education and HBCUs, marking a decade of leadership as the 14th President of Virginia State University. He has extended his commitment to the broader HBCU community through national service, including as former Chair of the Infrastructure Committee for the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. He currently chairs the Council of Presidents for the Association of Public Land-Grant Universities (APLU) and the Council of Presidents for Virginia Institutions of Higher Education, and serves on the Executive Council for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. His civic commitment extends to youth mentorship through the national board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. A Chicago native and civil engineer by training, he earned his degrees from Howard University and Northwestern University, and is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated.
JAVAUNE ADAMS-GASTON PRESIDENT’S SERVICE AWARD
Dr. Javaune Adams-Gaston has devoted more than three decades to serving students and communities in higher education. As the seventh President of Norfolk State University since June 2019, she has centered her leadership on student success, mentorship, and holistic development — spanning academic excellence, mental and physical wellness, internships, and civic engagement. She has cultivated strong connections among the university, its alumni, and the broader Norfolk community, and forged partnerships with organizations such as Sentara Healthcare, Dominion Energy, and the Pharrell Williams Black Ambition Prize to expand opportunity for students. Earlier in her career, as senior vice president at The Ohio State University, she led Student Life operations touching more than 66,000 students. Trained as a psychologist, she spent over twenty years in private practice supporting individuals and families. She was appointed by President Biden to the Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and is an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
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