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Sylvia Cyrus, Executive Director for The Association for the Study of African American History of (ASALH)

Elena Russo talks with Sylvia Cyrus, Executive Director for The Association for the Study of African American History of (ASALH). The mission of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH®) is to promote, research, preserve, interpret and disseminate information about Black life, history and culture to the global community. They also talks about the 104^th Annual conference that will be held in October. For more information on ASALH, visit their Website.

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Jul 29, 2019

Hosted by: Elena Russo

Produced by: Beltway Newsmakers Team

#Washington DC #Community #Education #General Interest #Local

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