Education
Bachelor in Spanish, Morehouse College, 1969; fellow, Howard U., since 1971.
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James Counts Early
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Assistant archivist, M Luther King Junior Documentat. Project (King Center), Atlanta, 1960-1970;
assistant to director, Institute of the Black World, Atlanta, 1970-1971;
consultant and acting director, Smithsonian African Diaspora program Festival American Folklore, Washington, 1973-1976;
associate professor cultural and political history, Antioch College, Washington, 1976-1977;
research associate documentation public programs, Institute, for Arts and Humanities Howard U., Washington, 1976-1979;
writer, producer, radio host, Ten Minutes Left WHUR FM Howard U., Washington, 1978-1983;
humanist administrator, National Endowment for Humanities, Washington, 1979-1984;
executive assistant, Assistant Secretary of Public Svc. Office Smithsonian, Washington, 1984-1991;
assistant secretary education public service, Smithsonian, Washington, 1991-1994;
assistant provost for educational and cultural programs, Smithsonian, Washington, 1994-1995;
director cultural committee center for folklife programs and culture, Smithsonian, Washington, United States, since 1995.
Member Textile Museum Advisory Board, Washington, 1989-1993, Crossroads Magazine Adv.Com., since 1990, Institute for Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, Washington, Latino Civil Rights Task Force advising committee, Centro del Arte advisory county, Washington, since 1993.
Achievements
Membership
Board visitors center for public policy, Union Institute, Washington, since 1988. Member of advisory board District of Columbia International Film Festival, Washington, since 1989, National Science Resource Center, Smithsonian, 1990, Fillmore School of Arts., Washington, 1991- Inter Institutional Task Force on Cultural Pluralism, Kennedy Center Performing Arts, Smithsonian, National Art Gallery, since 1991, Africa Policy Information Center, since 1992, Jazz on Film Festival, 1993, John F. Kennedy Center Performing Arts, Latin American Studies Program Johns Hopkins University Cuba Exchange, Baltimore, 1993. Member African American Folklore Association (founding member and organizer), District of Columbia Comty.
Council on Arts and Humanities, (board directors 1987-1989), Arena Stage Outreach Board, Washington Moscow Citizens Exchange, The Lab School of Washington, The Environmentors Project Board, Washington.
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Connections
M. Miriam Stewart; children: Jah-Mir Toussaint, JaBen Akua.
