The Association for Black Anthropologists was founded by a small group of intellectuals who sought to break down barriers that impeded their full participation in the discipline of Anthropology. By creating scholarship that linked anthropological theory to struggles for social justice, these elders transformed anthropology. By embracing the importance of mentoring those new to the discipline, they helped create generations of intellectual leaders. Many of those who gave their lives to the advancement of our discipline and our issues have never been fully acknowledged. We salute below just a few those who founded the ABA and created this space for emerging scholars.
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The Association of Black Anthropologists:
A Brief History PDF (1,417 kB)
Author: Ira E. Harrison
Source: Anthropology Today, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Feb., 1987), pp. 17-21
Publisher(s): Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3033268
- Kimberly Eison Simmons
- 2008 – 2010
- Dana–Ain Davis
- 2006 – 2008
- Kevin Michael Foster
- 2005 – 2006
- Jafari St. Clair Allen
- 2004 – 2005
- Edmund Gordon
- 2002 – 2004
- Cheryl Rodriguez
- 2000 – 2002
- Janis Hutchinson
- 1998 – 2000
- Enoch H. Page
- 1993 – 1997
- Annie Barnes
- 1991 – 1993
- Faye V. Harrison
- 1989 – 1991
- Michael Blakey
- 1987 – 1989
- Ira E. Harrison
- 1985 – 1987
- Tony L. Whitehead
- 1984 – 1985
- A. Lynn Bolles
- 1984 – 1985
- John Stewart
- 1983 – 1984
- Johnnetta B. Cole
- 1981 – 1983
- Council Taylor
- 1980 – 1981
- Anselme Remy
- 1978 – 1979
- Vera Mae Green
- 1977 – 1978