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1. Promotes historical research and writing.

2. Publishes books on Afro-American life and history.

3. Sponsors the study of Black History through schools, colleges, churches, homes fraternal groups, and clubs.

4. Collects historical manuscripts and materials relating to black people and makes findings available throughout the world.

5. Seeks harmony between peoples, and acceptance, by interpreting the history of one to the other through a speakers bureau.

6. Directs the attention of scientific investigators and serious scholars to the neglected field of Black History.

7. Organizes and stimulates the studies by state and local ASALH branches which have done much to change the attitudes of communities toward the Afro-American, and vice versa.

8. Encourages the training at accredited universities of young men and women in acceptable methods of research in the social sciences, history and other disciplines.

9. Serves as a principal proponent in the nation of the concept of "I Am Somebody" and encourages proper training, desire to achieve, and opportunity for "I Can Do", so vital for minorities for participation in the American establishment.

10. Operates as the pioneer and accepted—by militants and non-militants alike—as a core historical organization of the Black Civil Rights movement.

11. Serves through Headquarters Office in Washington and branches in major cities as a focus for scholarship, relevance and planning for improvement in Afro-American living.

12. Cooperates with governmental agencies, foundations, peoples and nations in projects designed to further the study of ethnic history, with particular emphasis on the black heritage and programs for the future.

13. Sponsors an annual convention attended by upwards of 1,500 persons—delegates, representatives, visitors—which is a premier national venture of study, papers, discussion, decision and projection in Afro-American life.

14. Maintains the Carter G. Woodson home in Washington D.C.

15. Co-sponsors of H. Council Trenholm Memorial Writing Contest for high school students in cooperation with the National Education Association.

Invitation to Membership

☐ Corporate Membership.....$1,000
Includes a subscription to The Journal of Negro History, the Negro History Bulletin, the Black History Month Kit, voting priviledges and other services.

☐ Institutional Membership.....$500
Includes a subscription to The Journal of Negro History, the Negro History Bulletin, and the Black History Month Kit.

☐ Life Membership.....$500
Membership payable in $100 installments over a five year period. Includes all of the above services and privileges.

☐ General Membership.....$40
Includes all of the above privileges and other services except kits.

☐ Student Membership (A).....$35
Includes all of the above privileges. (Proof of status required.)

☐ Student Membership (B).....$12
Includes a subscription to the Negro History Bulletin only and voting privileges.

☐ Basic Membership.....$16
(Retired Persons Only) Includes a subscription to the Negro History Bulletin and voting privileges.

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(All contributions are tax deductible.

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Transcription Notes:
Not sure whether to keep the original amount of periods for the Invitation to Membership section or to make it line up as intended.