African American Education Archives and History Program Announces 2015 Hall of Fame

The 2015 African American Educators Hall of Fame Program will be held Saturday, April 18th, 12:00 Noon, Hilton Garden Inn, 800 N. Main Street, Duncanville, Texas. An induction ceremony will be conducted to honor educators and others who have made significant contributions to the African American Education experience in Dallas County. Lunch will be served. Tickets are $50 each.

Co-Honorary Chairpersons and Co-Emcees for the 2015 Hall of Fame Program are trailblazing journalists Norma Adams Wade and Bob Ray Sanders. Ms. Wade is a columnist with The Dallas Morning News. Bob Ray Sanders is Associate Editor and Senior Columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

The African American Educators Hall of Fame Program honors Black educators, alive or deceased, who made significant contributions
to Dallas County education for African Americans. You may assist by submitting one or more applications for individuals who have earned the right to be publicly recognized and honored for worthy contributions to education in the Dallas area. Nomination forms are available at the African American Museum and the Post Tribune. You may also go to www.aaeahp.org to download the nomination form which contains all the pertinent information needed to complete it. Completed nomination forms should be mailed to P.O. Box 411091, Dallas, Texas 75241 and postmarked on or before the deadline date of December 1, 2014.

The Archives and History Program was initiated in 2001 to create a repository of artifacts, documents and visual images to chronicle the African American education in Dallas County.

Working with the African American Museum, considerable progress has been made in receiving items for the archives. This includes: engaging in research, conducting oral history interviews and presenting eleven Hall of Fame Programs. Dr. Alfred Roberts, President of the Archives and History Program stated, “This group continues to work to ensure that this annual Education Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony sets a standard of excellence to be maintained in years to come.”

For more information about this event, and how you may support and attend the 2015 Hall of Fame Program, please call Mr. Melvin Traylor at 214-376-9673, Ms. Gwen Brantley at 972-298-6980 or Dr. Roscoe C. Smith at 972-741-8213.