ASALH’s management is confident that it will have a productive relationship with the NPS. And they say that rebuilding the organization dedicated to Black history is much more important than maintaining direct ownership of the historic house.
“Our greatest jewel isn’t Woodson’s house or the office, but the journal he published and the organization he built,” says Fleming, “We don’t know that Black studies won’t be just a temporary trend in academia, so we’re revitalizing ASALH to help guarantee that we always have an independent organization that can conduct whatever research Black America needs.”
--Paul Ruffins
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