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32-503: Horace Mann Bond , President of Lincoln University and Professor William Leo Hansberry , of Howard University founded Africa-America Institute in 1953 to provide financial assistance and hospitality to Africans studying in the US. The Central Intelligence Agency was centrally involved in AAI's affairs for nearly a decade, providing the majority of the funds spent by the institute in the period of

64-441: A Berea College Trustee from 1896 to 1914. Both Berea and Oberlin are among the first colleges that were interracial. His parents were among the black elite with their educations and encouraged their children in academic achievement. Horace was the sixth of seven children. One of his brothers, J. Max Bond, Sr. , became a prominent educator. During his childhood, Bond had several unpleasant encounters with whites. In one incident

96-803: A platform for thought leaders on U.S.-Africa policy. EADB Math, Science, Technology and Engineering University Scholarship Program The East African Development Bank (EADB) scholarship program for experienced teachers and lecturers to earn a post-graduate degree in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at Rutgers University and New Jersey Institute of Technology in the United States. Past AAI Programs Past programs include: The African Graduate Fellowship Program (AFGRAD), Advanced Training for Leadership and Skills Project (ATLAS), African Scholarship Program of American Universities (ASPAU), International Visitors Program (IVP) and International Fellowship Program (IFP). Held annually during

128-477: A significant point. In 1958 Audrey Shuey 's " The Testing of Negro Intelligence " was published, concluding, mostly based on old intelligence studies that Bond and others had refuted in the 1920s, that the intelligence of African Americans was innately inferior to that of Whites. Bond published a scathing review in which he showed that Shuey ignored many contradictory studies, and used biased methods of comparison, for example comparing Southern black test scores with

160-544: A white man shot at their house after having a fight with Horace's older brothers. In another, his father was arrested by a white neighbor, who was a police officer, when the Bond family moved into an all-white street. Bond excelled in school, entering high school at the age of nine and college at fourteen. Bond graduated in 1923 at age 19 with honors from Lincoln University , a historically black college in Pennsylvania. He

192-742: Is an American professor of political science at Tufts University . She has written dozens of books and articles on Africa and African Americans, including co-authoring and co-editing the book, Transformation and Resiliency in Africa , with her co-editor Elliott Skinner . She was president of the African Studies Association from 2007–2008, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations . Her chapter Area Studies in Search of Africa from The Politics of Knowledge: Area Studies and

224-1159: The Civil Rights Movement , founding the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), of black college students. Julian Bond was elected to both houses of the state legislature in Georgia, where he served a total of 20 years. In his social activism and long political career, the younger Bond achieved a national renown beyond his father's. Bond taught at several institutions while completing his doctorate, including such historically black universities as Langston University in Langston, Oklahoma; Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee ; and Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana . He worked his way up in academic administration, proving his leadership abilities by becoming dean at Dillard University in 1934, and chairman of

256-642: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP )'s landmark US Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education (1954). Bond's first publications were in the NAACP magazine The Crisis in 1924. Here, following the publication of Brigham's analysis of Army intelligence tests he critiqued the logic behind Brighams conclusions that the lower African-American test scores indicated an inherent intellectual inferiority of

288-466: The 1920s. Julia Washington was from a wealthy and prominent African-American family of mixed race in Nashville. She and Horace had three children: Jane Margaret, born 1939; Horace Julian, born in 1940; and James, born in 1944. Bond and his wife had high expectations for all three of their children. Jane Bond Moore became a labor lawyer specializing in employment discrimination. She formerly represented

320-520: The Bureau of Educational and Social Research at the university. He retired in 1971. In one of his important relationships while president of Lincoln University, Bond became friends with Albert C. Barnes , businessman, art collector and founder of the nearby Barnes Foundation . Barnes supported education for working people and took a special interest in students of Lincoln University. Barnes structured his foundation to enable Lincoln University to control

352-452: The Negro race. Bond, concluded that "the medial score of White soldiers from the states of Mississippi, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Georgia, averaged ... the mental age of a twelve and a half year old child". And he asked "Are the exponents of intelligence tests as discriminators of racial differences prepared to assert that the white population of Arkansas is inherently and racially inferior to

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384-642: The Oakland Unified School District and the Federal Trade Commission . She currently teaches Employment Law and Civil Rights Law at John F. Kennedy University College of Law . James Bond was a politician and member of the Atlanta City Council. Julian Bond (1940–2015) was chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from 1998 to 2010. In the 1960s, he became a leader in

416-631: The White national average, instead of the much lower Southern White scores. Bond concluded that all Shuey had proven was that "everywhere in the United States the American Negro is a subordinated underprivileged social caste". He then returned with his family to the South, becoming dean of the School of Education at Atlanta University (later Clark Atlanta University). Bond later served as director of

448-506: The current building, and to build a new one. Supporters wanted to move the collection to Center City, Philadelphia , where they expect to attract more paying visitors and guarantee the collection's financial viability. In 2005 Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell brokered a settlement between the Foundation and the university that would allow moving the collection to Center City. He published "stinging critiques" of racial claims about

480-861: The early- 2000s to focus on increased U.S.-Africa engagement on issues impacting the African continent with policymakers and business leaders from the U.S. and Africa. In 2013 the organization celebrated its 60th anniversary in the New York Hilton. The event included a discussion by Hailemariam Desalegn , the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba , the President of Namibia and Foreign Affairs Ministers of Ghana, Hanna Tetteh and Tanzania as regards Africa's past, present and future. The organization highlighted how more than 23,000 individuals from 54 African countries had been supported by

512-478: The education department at Fisk University later in the 1930s. Bond was the founding president of Fort Valley State College , in Fort Valley , Georgia , where he was appointed in 1939 and served until 1945. During his tenure he managed expansion of the college to a four-year institution. More importantly, he doubled school income and tripled the state's appropriation for the college during lean economic times in

544-807: The first African-American president of Lincoln University in Pennsylvania . Horace was born November 8, 1904, in Nashville, Tennessee , the grandson of enslaved Africans. Both his parents were college educated. His mother, Jane Alice Browne, was a schoolteacher, and his father, James Bond, was a minister who served at Congregational churches across the South , often associated with historically black colleges . His mother had graduated from Oberlin College in Ohio , and his father graduated from Berea College in Berea, Kentucky, in 1892. James Bond later served as

576-548: The foundation's board of trustees, and thereby oversee one of the largest private art collections in the world, with valuable holdings in Impressionist and Modern art. The art collection was worth $ 25–30 billion in 2007. In recent years, the Barnes Foundation contested Albert C. Barnes' will and Lincoln University's control in an effort to modernize administration of the institution, provide for renovation of

608-540: The intelligence of blacks, among which the best known was his essay "Racially Stuffed Shirts and Other Enemies of Mankind", a parody of segregationist psychology of the 1950s. His papers are archived at the University of Massachusetts Amherst . In his research, he studied the social, economic, and geographic factors influencing academic achievement of black children. Pound sign (#) denotes interim president. Pearl T. Robinson Pearl T. Robinson (born 1945)

640-487: The logical policy recommendation following the reasoning of the senators, would be to segregate the slow-learning signatories into a group together where they could have "remedial attention to make up for their basic deficiencies". The essay was published by the NAACP and attracted widespread hilarity or uproar depending on viewpoint. Bond later referred to the essay as "his little foolishness", but he maintained that he had made

672-1548: The making of the modern world. The conference has featured renowned academics such as Dr. Michael A. Gomez, Dr. Pearl T. Robinson , and Dr. Lyra Monteiro. Former members are listed with their affiliation at the time of their service. "Envoy Seeks Clarity On U.S. Energy Plans for Africa" , The Wall Street Journal , January 31, 2014 CNN.com: Africa's secret weapon – The diaspora http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/01/opinion/africas-secret-weapon-diaspora/index.html Kenya's Daily Nation: Africa takes centre as US campaigns hot up: http://www.nation.co.ke/news/world/Africa-takes-centre-as-US-campaigns-hot-up/-/1068/3173370/-/12soouhz/-/index.html Voice of America: US Campaigns Tackle Africa Policy With Some Unexpected Results: http://www.voanews.com/a/presidential-campaign-advisers-discuss-united-states-africa-policy/3298995.html Ebony.com: Africa-America Institute Honors African Female Heads of State at 2012 Annual Gala http://www.ebony.com/photos/news-views/africa-america-institute-honors-african-female-heads-of-state-188 Radio France Internationale – Africans in New York http://www.english.rfi.fr/africa/20140219-africans-new-york-part-35 BlackEnterprise.com: Africa-America Institute Will Kick Off 60th Anniversary with Career Expo http://www.blackenterprise.com/career/africa-america-institute-60th-annivarsary-career-expo-new-york-gala/ Horace Mann Bond Horace Mann Bond (November 8, 1904 – December 21, 1972)

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704-425: The mid-1950s and 1962. As African nations gained independence, AAI offered higher education scholarship programs in the United States to support African scholars in gaining a higher education and skills that could be applied in post-colonial Africa. Its programming expanded to provide academic and professional skills training opportunities for Africans in both the U.S. and Africa in the 1990s. AAI's programs evolved in

736-496: The nation, substantial achievements for any college, and especially for a black college during the years of segregation. In 1945 Bond was selected as president of Lincoln University, the first African American to be appointed to that position. He served at his alma mater until 1957. During those years, he started years of research for his history of Lincoln University. In 1953, together with historians John Hope Franklin and C. Vann Woodward , Bond did research that helped support

768-1227: The organization. Transformational Leadership Program (TLP) The Transformational Leadership Program (TLP) is a leadership and management training program for leaders of African civil society organizations and small micro-enterprises (SMEs). TLP educational partners include United States International University (USIU) in Kenya; Pan-Atlantic University in Nigeria; UNISA– The University of South Africa , and University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) in South Africa. AAI Future Leaders Legacy Fund The AAI Future Leaders Legacy Fund provides scholarships for African students to earn bachelor's degrees and vocational and technical training certifications at high performing African institutions. Partner institutions include Ashesi University , Ghana; United States International University (USIU-Africa), Kenya; and UNISA—The University of South Africa. AAI Speaker Series The AAI Speaker Series and Conversations on Africa (COA) series in Washington, D.C. offer

800-518: The results in an essay titled ""Intelligence of Congressmen Who Signed the 'Southern Manifesto' as Measured by IQ Tests". Here he concluded that based on the Army intelligence tests the average of signing senators was in the lowest 20% of American Whites, on average signatories attended a college of the lowest ten percent of median National scores, and had a constituency whose majority was in the intelligence category of " morons ". Consequently, Bond concluded,

832-555: The week of the United Nations General Assembly , AAI's Annual Awards Gala brings together African Heads of State and diplomats, business and philanthropic leaders to celebrate African achievement. AAI's annual State of Education on Africa (SOE) conference is a space for learning and dialogue between students, parents, teachers, leaders, and innovators interested in transforming K-12 education by infusing it with scholarly and unbiased knowledge about Africa and

864-583: The whites of another section of the country?". In 1956 a group of White Southern Senators signed the Southern Manifesto in opposition to racial integration and the Brown vs. Board of Education decision. They argued that African Americans were not sufficiently intelligent to participate in the same schools as Whites. Bond published a parody of the arguments of the signing senators using the data he had first collected and published in 1924. He published

896-593: The worldwide Diaspora through effective teaching that supports student academic achievement. The SOE conference provides a platform to discuss and put forth solution on education at levels in Africa. Previous SOEs were held in New York City in 2014, and in Lagos, Nigeria in 2015. 2021's SOE, “Teaching Africa in the World,” explored recovered histories that center the contributions of Africa and its worldwide Diaspora in

928-578: Was an American historian, college administrator, social science researcher and the father of civil-rights leader Julian Bond . He earned graduate and doctoral degrees from University of Chicago at a time when only a small percentage of any young adults attended any college. He was an influential leader at several historically black colleges and was appointed the first president of Fort Valley State University in Georgia in 1939, where he managed its growth in programs and revenue. In 1945, he became

960-520: Was customary in those years, Bond taught at a variety of academic institutions before completing his doctorate. He published his first academic book in 1934. His early work was recognized by the Rosenwald Fund , which granted him fellowships in 1931 and 1932 and went on to support most of the rest of his career. Bond married Julia Agnes Washington in 1930 . She was a student he met while teaching at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee in

992-524: Was dismissed from the college for tolerating a gambling ring in a dormitory which he was supervising. Despite his embarrassment at Lincoln, Bond achieved a reputation as a fine scholar and administrator. Bond earned the M.A. and Ph.D degrees from the University of Chicago , where his dissertation on black education in Alabama won the Rosenberger Prize in 1936. It was published in 1939. As

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1024-417: Was one of the twenty-four founders of Beta Kappa Chi honor society. He was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. At Penn State , where he went for graduate work, Bond realized that he was able to compete with white classmates, and earned competitive grades above the 90th percentile. Later Bond returned to Lincoln University to work as an instructor. Bond then suffered the only setback to his success; he

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