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William Sanders Scarborough: The First African American Member of the Modern Language Association
Michele Valerie Ronnick
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23 October 2020, pp. 1787-1796
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Our interest in learning about original or inaugural achievements in every field of endeavor is perennial. When a member of a traditionally disenfranchised group is an innovator, acknowledgment of the person's accomplishment is important to the well-being of the group, especially if it has been omitted from the record. Thus, it is right that we give some attention to the life of William Sanders Scarborough (1852-1926), the first professional scholar of classical studies of African American heritage and the first African American member of the MLA. In his era he rose to fame in the vanguard of the proponents of liberal arts education, but his career has been neglected since then (Ronnick, “Scarborough” [1997]).

Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Studies in Germanic Languages and Literatures
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23 October 2020, p. 512
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Division Executive Committees
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23 October 2020, pp. 1533-1539
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Listed below are the 2000 division and discussion group executive committees and some committees of the American Literature Section. The years after the names of division and discussion group executive committee members are the final years of their terms. Unless otherwise noted, the member whose final year is 2001 serves as the 2000 chair, the member whose final year is 2002 serves as the 2000 secretary and 2001 chair, and the member whose final year is 2003 serves as the 2001 secretary and 2002 chair.

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