Adjua Barbara E. AdamsThe College of NewRochelle–Rosa Parks Campus

David Shachia AgumTemple University

Makungu M. AkinyelaGeorgia State University

Akua Nson AkotoNationHouse Watoto Shule/Sankofa Fie

Kwame Agyei AkotoNationHouse Watoto Shule/Sankofa Fie

Akin AlaoUniversity of Texas at Austin

Adisa A. AlkebulanSan Diego State University

Troy D. AllenSouthern University

Harry AmanaUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Molefi Kete AsanteTemple University

Molefi Khumalo AsanteUniversity of California, Los Angeles

Deborah F. AtwaterPennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park Campus

Mario J. AzevedoUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte

Katherine Olukemi BankoleWest Virginia University–Morgantown

James A. BanksUniversity of Washington

Kismet BeckmanUniversity of Chicago

Aslaku BerhanuTemple University

William BooneTemple University

Kwame Botwe-AsamoahUniversity of Pittsburgh

George BrandonCity University of New York Medical School

David BrodnaxNorthwestern University

Jacqueline Imani BryantChicago State University

Stephen M. CaliendoNew York University

Dawn L. CannonHoward University College of Medicine

Willie L. Cannon BrownPierce College

Ibo ChangaTemple University

Mark A. ChristianMiami University of Ohio

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Talmon ChvaicerUniversity of Haifa, Israel

Adeniyi A. CokerUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham

Edward R. CrosbyKent State University

George Sefa DeiOntario Institute for Studies inEducation, University of Toronto

Robert DouglasLouisville University

Nah DoveUniversity of Ghana

Zetla K. ElviTemple University

Andrew Michael FearnleyUniversity of Cambridge

Ana Monteiro FerreiraUniversidade Aberta, Lisboa

Rita S. FierroTemple University

Tiffeni FontnoTemple University

Kiera Hope FosterTemple University

Aisha FrancisVanderbilt University

Justin GammageTemple University

Mohamed GarbaAbdou Moumouni University of Niamey

Fikru GebrekidanSt. Thomas University

Geoffrey “Jahwara” GiddingsAntioch College

Aimee GlockeTemple University

Lewis R. GordonBrown University

Mekada GrahamCalifornia State University, Fresno

Peter GrattonDePaul University

Fatima HafizTemple University

Rebecca HankinsUniversity of Arizona Library

Deonte HollowellTemple University

Kristy HolmesTemple University

Thomas Houessou-AdinUniversity of Toledo

Rosalyn HowardUniversity of Central Florida

Regina JenningsRutgers University

Christopher K. JohnsonTemple University

Ilona V. JohnsonPenn State University

Zainabu JonesTemple University

Myra JulianTemple University

Maulana KarengaCalifornia State University, Long Beach

Tiamoyo KarengaCalifornia State University, Long Beach

Maghan KeitaVillanova University

Leophus S. Tarharka KingMillersville University

William M. KingUniversity of Colorado at Boulder

Jill KissickTemple University

Kwasi KonaduAkan Institute

Deborah LaNierTemple University

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Cynthia LehmanUniversity of Maryland at Eastern Shore

Natalie LewisTemple University

William LittleCalifornia State University, Dominguez Hills

Garvey F. LundyUniversity of Pennsylvania

Tony MartinWellesley College

Ama MazamaTemple University

Charlton D. McIlwainNew York University

Bart McSwineChicago State University

Judylynn MitchellWest Salisbury Elementary School in Maryland

Miriam Ma’at-Ka-Re MongesCalifornia State University, Chico

Del-Zola MooreTemple University

Clyde Alafiju MorganState University of New York Collegeat Brockport

Suzuko MorikawaChicago State University

Christopher MurrayTemple University

Gwinyai MuzorewaTemple University

H. V. NelsonUniversity of California, Los Angeles

Mutombo Nkulu-N’SenghaCalifornia State University, Northridge

Vera DeMoultrie NoblesSan Francisco State University

Wade W. Nobles (Nana KwakuBerko I, Ifagbemi Sangodare)San Francisco State University

Levi A. NwachukuLincoln University of the Commonwealthof Pennsylvania

Imari A. ObadelePrairie View A and M University

José-Vittorio Pimienta-BeyBerea College

Daryl Zizwe PoeLincoln University of theCommonwealth of Pennsylvania

Darrianna M. ProctorTemple University

Reiland RabakaCalifornia State University, Long Beach

Sudhi RajivJai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur

Pamela Yaa Asantewaa Reed College of New Rochelle

Patricia Reid-MerrittRichard Stockton College

Rico XTemple University

Michelle RiefCollege of Manhattan

Gloria Grant RobersonAdelphi University

Mario RootBishop Dunn Catholic School in Dallas

William R. ScottLehigh University

Jorge SerranoTemple University

Thysha M. ShabazzTemple University

Mwalimu J. ShujaaFort Valley State University

Mawusi Renee SimmonsTemple University

Mark SolomonBoston College

Catherine SquiresUniversity of Michigan

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Robert SsengonziResearch Triangle Institute

Ronald J. StephensGrand Valley State University

Douglas E. ThomasAdelphi University

Griselda ThomasTemple University

Ivory Achebe ToldsonSouthern University

Wendy Carmen TrottDelaware Technical College, Wilmington

Winston A. Van HorneUniversity of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Kheli R. WillettsSyracuse University

Selase N. WilliamsCalifornia State University, Dominguez Hills

York WilliamsTemple University

A. J. Williams-MyersState University of New York at New Paltz

Khonsura J. WilsonTemple University

Raymond A. WinbushMorgan State University

Gail Hilson WolduTrinity College

Tyrene WrightCity University of New York

Stephanie YarboughTemple University

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