President of the American Negro Academy

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elected position leadership position organizational office

The President of the American Negro Academy was the elected head of a pioneering African American scholarly and literary society dedicated to promoting Black intellectual achievement and civil rights in the United States.

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Label	Occurrences
President of the American Negro Academy canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	elected position ⓘ leadership position ⓘ organizational office ⓘ
aims	encourage scholarly work by African Americans ⓘ promote Black intellectual achievement ⓘ support civil rights through intellectual activity ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
ethnicFocus	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African Americans
fieldOfWork	African American studies ⓘ civil rights ⓘ history ⓘ literature ⓘ scholarship ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	programs and activities of the American Negro Academy ⓘ
hasDuties	guide the scholarly and literary agenda of the American Negro Academy ⓘ preside over meetings of the American Negro Academy ⓘ promote Black intellectual achievement ⓘ provide intellectual leadership for the American Negro Academy ⓘ represent the American Negro Academy in public ⓘ support civil rights advocacy through scholarship ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasMemberOfDemographicGroup	African American intellectuals ⓘ
hasRank	highest officer of the American Negro Academy ⓘ
inception	1897 ⓘ
isPositionHeldBy	Alexander Crummell ⓘ W. E. B. Du Bois ⓘ other African American scholars ⓘ
isPositionIn	pioneering African American scholarly and literary society ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
movement	African American intellectual movement ⓘ Niagara Movement ⓘ surface form: civil rights movement (early 20th century)
notableFor	advancing Black intellectual and cultural life ⓘ leading one of the first African American scholarly societies in the United States ⓘ supporting early civil rights discourse through scholarship ⓘ
organizationType	literary society leadership ⓘ scholarly society leadership ⓘ
partOf	American Negro Academy ⓘ
positionHeldInOrganization	American Negro Academy ⓘ
selectionMethod	election ⓘ
temporalCoverage	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
usedFor	coordination of scholarly publications ⓘ organization of lectures and conferences ⓘ public advocacy on issues affecting African Americans ⓘ

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Archibald Grimké → positionHeld → President of the American Negro Academy ⓘ