Pellom McDaniels III
Faculty Curator of African American Collections
Emory University’s Woodruff Library Manuscripts Archives and Rare Books Library
Emory University
540 Asbury Circle
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
Phone:
Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
2007
Ph.D., American Studies, The Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, Emory
University, Atlanta, GA
Dissertation: The Angle of Ascent: Race, Class, Sport and
Representations of African American Masculinity
M.A., American Studies, The Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, Emory
University, Atlanta, GA
B.S., Speech Communications, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2006
1990
EXPERIENCE
2012-current Faculty Curator of African American Collections in Emory University’s
Woodruff Library Manuscripts Archives and Rare Books Library,
Atlanta, Georgia.
2007-2012
Assistant Professor of History/American Studies, University of MissouriKansas City. Areas of Concentration: African American History, Sport
History, Biography, Black Masculinity, African American Literature and Art
2010-2012
Associate Curator of African American Collections at Emory University’s
Woodruff Library Special Collections, Atlanta, Georgia.
Areas of Research: African Americans and Sports; African Americans and
Art; African Americans and WWI
COURSES
Discipline Specific Courses
H101
History 101: America to 1877
H301
Historiography and Methods
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Specialty Courses
H300J / H5500J
H400 / H5500
H300SS / H5500SS
H300BB / H500BB
H5585GR
H300K / H5500RK
H300P
H5587RA
A History of Sports (Undergrad/Graduate)
Sport and Film (Undergrad/Graduate)
Sporting Cultures (Undergrad/Graduate)
Black Baseball as American Culture
(Undergrad/Graduate)
White Lines, Black Spaces: Race and Sports in American
Culture (Graduate Colloquium)
A History of Masculinity (Undergrad/Graduate)
Barbeque, Baseball and Jazz: Historical Research,
Exhibition Design and Implementation
Biography: An Interpretation of History (Graduate)
CURRENT RESEARCH & WORKS IN PROGRESS
Isaac Murphy: A Biography. A manuscript about the nineteenth century African
American jockey who was recognized for his athletic abilities on the race track
and his representation of a virtuous masculinity in public. (Under Review)
Like a Purple Haze Across the Land: The Art, Writing and Art Criticism of Benny
Andrews. A manuscript about the abstract expressionist Benny Andrews and his
impact on American art and art criticism
Dignity. This exhibition explores notions of manhood, citizenship and patriotism
through the images of African American soldiers serving during World War I
The Angle of Ascent: Race, Class Sport and Representations of African American
Masculinity.
A manuscript about African American athletes and their impact on twentieth
century notions of African American manhood and citizenship
EXHIBITIONS CURATED AND PARTICIPATED IN
2012
The Year All Hell Broke Loose: The 1968 Olympic Games and the Politics of
Performance”, In Media Res online publication, August 2012
http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/2012/07/02/year-allhell-broke-loose-1968-olympic-games-and-politics-performance
2012
It’s Our Game Too: Baseball in Kansas City’s Mexican-American
Community, 1919-1950 (curator), Guadalupe Centers Incorporated,
Kansas City, Missouri, July 8, 2012
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2012
World War I All-Stars: Sports & The Inter-Allied Games (Contributing
writer and curator) The National World War I Museum, Kansas City,
Missouri, April 5 –December 16, 2012.
2012
Like a Purple Haze Across the Land: The Art of Benny Andrews (curator),
Emory University’s Woodruff Library, March 28 – November 2, 2012.
2011
Bar-B-Que, Baseball and Jazz: African American History in Kansas City,
1914-1938 (co-curated), Undergraduate research course on local history,
Miller Nicolas Library, Kansas City, Missouri, December 8, 2011-January
16, 2012.
2011
“I Is Unruffable: Rereading African American Sports Performances as
Unique Expressions of Dissent,” In Media Res online publication, October
25, 2011 http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/2011/10/25/iunruffable-rereading-african-american-sports-performances-uniqueexpressions-dissent
2011
They Came to Fight: African Americans and the Great World War
(permanent installation), Museum and Educational Center at Fort Des
Moines, September 17, 2011 (curator).
2010
“You’re Such A Good Sport,” Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri,
March 19 – May 6, 2010 (exhibiting artist).
2009
They Came to Fight: African Americans and the Great World War, Kansas
State University, January 30-February 19, 2009 (curator).
2008
All-Souls, FASO Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, November 28 – December
16 (exhibiting artist).
2008
The Circle of Life: An Exhibition inspired by the Lion King, FASO Gallery,
Kansas City, Missouri, September 26-November 17, 2008 (exhibiting
artist).
2008
A Legacy of Learning: A Celebration of UKC Alumni of Color 1933-1963,
University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri October 1-5,
2008 (curator).
2008
John Brown: An Evolution in Perspective, FASO Gallery, Kansas City,
Missouri, May 1-9, 2008 (exhibiting artist).
2008
The Mind of Carter G. Woodson, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City,
Missouri, February 1-March 1, 2008 (curator).
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2008
They Came to Fight: African Americans and the Great World War,
University of Missouri-Kansas City, February 1-March 19, 2008 (curator).
2008
Be Still…And Tell Your Story, Robert Frazier Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri,
January 11 - March 3, 2008 (guest curator / exhibiting artist).
2006
The Mind of Carter G. Woodson, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia,
September 30, 2006-February 28, 2007 (co-curator).
2004
“Langston Hughes: Poet of the People.” (Co-curator) Woodruff Library
Special Collections at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, April 15 May 30,
2004 (co-curator).
2003
Exhibition Coordinator/Co-curator for Critical Moments Conference,
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, April 6-9, 2003 (co-curator/exhibiting
artist).
2000
Athletes for the Arts, Woodruff Arts Center’s Center Space, High Museum
of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, July8 –Aug 6, 2000 (co-curator/exhibiting artist).
PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS
Co- author and co-editor, The Mind of Carter G. Woodson: As Reflected in the
Books He Owned, Read, and Published, Atlanta: Emory University, 2006
So, You Want To Be A PRO? A realistic game plan for kids who want to become
professional athlete, Lenexa: Addax Publishing, 1999
My Own Harlem, Lenexa: Addax Publishing, 1998
PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES
“Race and Sports in American Culture,” in Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Book
Library of Emory University (a publication from Emory University Libraries), Vol.
5, No. 2, Fall 2011.
“Portraying Isaac Murphy: The Prince of Jockeys,” in The National Sporting
Library & Museum Newsletter, No. 97, Fall 2010
“Why the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is Important,” Present Magazine
online publication, November 7, 2010
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http://www.presentmagazine.com/full_content.php?article_id=3369&full=yes&pb
r=1
“A Look Under the Canvas at the Personal Correspondence Informing the Art of
Benny Andrews,” in The International Review of African American Art. 2010
“Remembering the Bearcats: Black Baseball in France at the End of the First
World War,” in Black BALL: A Journal of the Negro Leagues. Volume 2, Number 2,
2009
“Progress Requires Knowing History of Black Kansas City,” in the Kansas City Star,
February 25, 2009
“Still Committed to Its Mission,” in the Kansas City Star, October 7, 2008
“Lafayette Alonzo Tillman” Community Curator: A Project of the Kansas City
Museum at Corinthian Hall, 2008
“A Time Called Too Early: African American Men, Baseball and the Pursuit of the
American Dream,” in Black BALL: A Journal of the Negro Leagues. Volume 1,
Number 1, 2008
PUBLICATIONS: REVIEWS
Review of Ronald Smith’s Pay for Play: A History of Big Time College Athletics
Reform in the Journal of Sports History. Spring 2012
Review of Shane White, et. al., Playing the Numbers: Gambling in Harlem
Between the Wars in History: Reviews of New Books. Vol. 40, No. 3, July 2012.
Review of Charles Martin’s “Benching Jim Crow: The Rise and Fall of the Color
Line in Southern College Sports, 1890-1980” in the Journal of Sports History.
Forthcoming Spring 2011
Review of “Southern Masculinities: Perspectives on Manhood in the South Since
Reconstruction” in The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. 2010
Review of Rob Fink’s “Playing in the Shadows” in Great Plains Quarterly. 2010
Review for The International Review of African American Art entitled “Tafa
Fiadzige: Elevating his Game.” Vol. 23, No. 1, 2010
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Review of Cecil Harris and Larryette Kyle-DeBose’s “Charging the Net: A History
of Blacks in Tennis from Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe to the Williams Sisters”
in Journal of Sports History. 2010
Review of Larry Tye’s “Satchel Paige: The Life and Times of an American Legend”
in Journal of Sports History. 2010
Review of Gena Caponi-Tabery’s “Jump for Joy: Jazz, Basketball, and Black
Culture in 1930s America,” in Journal of Sports History. 2010
Review of Trent Watts’s “White Masculinity in the Recent South,” in The Journal
of Southern History. 2009
Review Essay of Thomas Barthel’s, Baseball and Barnstorming and Exhibition
Games 1901-1962: A History of Off-Season Major League Play; Lew Freedman’s,
African American Pioneers of Baseball: A Biographical Encyclopedia; and Mike
Shannon’s Willie Mays: Art in the Outfield, in Journal of Sports History. 2009
Review of Antonio F. Holland’s “Nathan B. Young and the Struggle over Black
Higher Education,” Missouri Historical Review. 2008
Review of Joe Posnanski’s “The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck
O’Neil’s America,” Journal of Sports History. 2007
Review of Andrew Kaye’s “The Pussycat of Prizefighting: Tiger Flowers,” Journal
of Sports History, Summer 2006
Review of exhibition, “Hale Woodruff: The Dean of the Outhouse School,” The
International Review of African American Art, Volume 19, Number 4, 2004.
Review of exhibition, “Shades of Greatness: Art Inspired by the Negro Leagues,”
The International Review of African American Art, Volume 19, Number 2, 2004.
PUBLICATIONS: BIOGRAPHICAL ARTICLES
African American National Biography, article on African American professional
football player Marcus Allen, Oxford University Press, 2010.
Encyclopedia of African American History: 1896-Present, article on the
nineteenth century African American jockey Isaac Murphy, Oxford University
Press, 2009.
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African American National Biography, article on African American professional
football player Junius "Buck" Buchanan, Oxford University Press, 2008.
African American National Biography, article on African American professional
football player Bobby Bell, Oxford University Press, 2008.
African American National Biography, article on African American professional
football player Gene Upshaw, Oxford University Press, 2008.
African American National Biography, article on African American professional
football player Art Shell, Oxford University Press, 2008.
African American National Biography, article on African American professional
football player Reggie White, Oxford University Press, 2008.
Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora, various articles on individuals and concepts
central to African American aesthetic culture, ABC-CLIO, 2007.
Encyclopedia of African American Art and Architecture, various articles on
individuals and concepts central to African American aesthetic culture, Oxford
University Press, 2006.
An Encyclopedia of African American Literature, biographical sketches on African
American writer Gordon Parks, Greenwood Press, 2005.
An Encyclopedia of African American Literature, biographical sketches on African
American writer Julius Lester, Greenwood Press, 2005.
PUBLICATIONS: BOOK CHAPTERS
“The Strong Men Keep A Coming On: African American Masculinity, Athletic
Performance and the Philosophy of Resistance,” Heather Reid and Mike Austin,
eds., in The Olympics and Philosophy, University Press of Kentucky, 2012.
“Body and Soul: History, Memory and Representations of Black Masculinity,”
Whitney Harris and Ron Ferguson, eds., in What’s Up with the Brothas, Men’s
Studies Press, 2010.
“As American As….’”: Filling in the Gaps and Recovering the Lost Narratives of
Americas Forgotten Heroes,” Ron Briley, Michael K. Schoenecke, and Deborah A.
Carmichael, eds., in Sport and Film, University Press of Kentucky, 2008.
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“We’re American Too: The Negro Leagues and the Philosophy of Resistance,” Eric
Bronson, ed., in Baseball and Philosophy: Thinking Outside the Batter’s Box,
Open Court, 2006.
PRESENTATIONS: PUBLIC LECTURES
“African American Collections and t the Billops-Hatch Archive Presentation,”
Black Theater Network Conference, Hilton Hotel, Atlanta, GA, July 29, 2012
“From the Silence and the Darkness: Reconstruction and the Emergence of
Lexington, Kentucky's Progressive African American Community,” New Historical
Research Presentation in the UMKC History Department, April 6, 2012
“Stories from the Vine: Exploring the History of 18th & Vine As Told By Those
Who Lived It,” American Jazz Museum, Kansas City, Missouri, February 21, 2009
– “The Politics That Built and Shaped a Community” Highlights & achievements of
the black political movements and pioneers in Kansas City.
“They Were Fighting Men” at the Western Front Association-U.S. Branch Annual
Meeting, September 12, 2009
“They Were Fighting Men: African Americans and the Great World War,” Kansas
State University, February 16, 2009.
“Stories from the Vine: Exploring the History of 18th & Vine As Told By Those
Who Lived It,” American Jazz Museum, Kansas City, Missouri, February 14, 2009
– “18th & Vine: A Community at a Crossroads” A discussion on the legacy of 18th
& Vine and envisioning the future. (Host and Program Organizer)
“Black Baseball and the Pursuit of the American Dream” New Historical Research
Presentation in the UMKC History Department, February 6, 2009.
“Jackie Robinson: Social Activist, Race Leader, American Hero,” The Inaugural
Jackie Robinson lecture at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Kansas City,
Missouri, April 15, 2008.
“The Prophetic Vision of Carter G. Woodson,” Kansas City Public Library, Kansas
City, Missouri, February 8, 2008.
“The Courage to Change the World,” All Souls Church Martin Luther King Jr.
lecture, Kansas City, Missouri, January 20, 2008.
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“Remembering Buck,” Kansas City Public Library’s dedication of the exhibition
honoring the memory of John Jordan “Buck” O’Neil, March 24, 2007.
Moderator for Emory University’s African American Studies Colloquium Series,
featuring African American biographer Arnold Rampersad discussing his new
work: “Ralph Ellison: A Biography.” February 20, 2007.
“Because I Am: Black Men, Masculinity and the Language of the Body” at the
University of Missouri-Kansas City February 15, 2007.
“Jesse Owens: Racing Against the Wind” at the Midwest Center for Holocaust
Education lecture and exhibition "The Black Athlete and the 1936 Olympics."
Kansas City, Missouri, October 4, 2006.
“Still Moving the Masses?: Reconsidering the Significance of Black History Month
and the Progress of a People.” Black History Month Lecture Series at the
University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, February 24, 2006.
Moderator/Speaker. Presented the film “February One” at the North American
Multicultural Education Conference (NAME), Atlanta, Georgia, 2005.
Moderator/Speaker. Presented a public scholarship presentation on the film
“The Fight”: a documentary concerned with the twists and ironies leading to the
legendary 1938 bout between the African-American Joe Louis and Nazi
Germany's Max Schmeling, Atlanta Jewish Film Festival (AWFF), Atlanta, Georgia,
January 29, 2005.
PRESENTATIONS: CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA AND INVITED LECTURES
“Pioneering America’s Pastime: African American Soldiers, World War I and the
Development of Black Baseball in France” at the National World War Museum
and Liberty Memorial, September 22, 2012 (Invited lecture)
“Re-Visioning the Kansas City Narrative: Teaching African American History in the
Central Plains Teacher’s Institute,” Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City,
June 20-21, 2012 (Presenter)
“What’s Next?” Race and Sports in American Culture, Emory University, Atlanta,
Georgia, May 11, 2011 (Co-Organizer/Moderator)
“African Americans and the First World War,“ Panel Presentation at the
Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Raleigh, North
Carolina, October 1, 2010. (Panelist)
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“Pioneering America’s Pastime: African American Men, Baseball and the Great
World War” at the North American Society of Sports Historians, Washington,
D.C., May 29, 2010.
The Promises of Sport and Democracy in American Culture: Perspectives on
Ethnicity, Gender and Race in the Sporting Past, “Be Sure to Measure Him Right:
Joe Louis American Hero for Democracy?” Organization of American Historians
Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. April 07, 2010 (Co-coordinator/Presenter)
“Still Moving the Masses?: Reconsidering the Significance of
Black History Month and the Progress of a People,” Black History Convocation
Presbyterian College, South Carolina, February 2, 2010
“From Myth to Reality: The Development of Black Male Athletes from Race
Heroes to Race Warriors” at the North American Society of Sports Historians,
May 23, 2009. (Commentator)
“Special Admit Limbo: How Low Can You Go?” Panel Presentation at the College
Sport Research Institute, Charlotte, North Carolina, April 16, 2009. (Panelist)
“Like They Invented the Game”: Black Baseball Players Oral Histories as Windows
to Understanding the Importance of the Game to Manhood and Citizenship
Claims. Sport and Oral History Conference, Huddersfield, England, April 3-5,
2009.
“Weighing In: The Reality of Athletics over Academics at Division I Institutions” at
the “Changing the Game: Race and Sports at Emory and Beyond” Panel
Presentation. Emory University Transforming Community Project Panel
Presentation, March 25, 2009. (Panelist)
“The Black Prince: Isaac Murphy and the Ideology of Respectability.” The North
American Society of Sports Historians, Lake Placid, New York, May 23-27, 2008.
“Just Another Black Guy: African American Athletes and the Reality of Race after
Sports Participation,” The American Men’s Studies Association Conference, Wake
Forest University, April 4-6, 2008.
“History, Memory and the Responsibility of Civic Storytelling” 18th & Vine: More
than Jazz, More than Baseball Symposium, Kansas City, Missouri. September 13,
2007.
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“Listening to the Contending Voices: Negro Baseball League Oral Histories as
Truth Statements,” Oral History Association Annual Conference, Little Rock,
Arkansas, October 25-29, 2006.
“Cornel West’s Unforgivable Romanticism: Pugilism, Prophetic Pragmatism, and
the Aims of Social Theory,” presented by Pellom McDaniels III and Kareem
Khalifa, Emory University. “Naming Race, Naming Racism” First Annual Scholars
in Critical Race Studies Conference. Memphis, Tennessee, April 21, 2006.
“The Role of the Boxer Joe Louis Within Burgeoning African American
Communities of the 1930's,” North American Society for the Sociology of Sport
(NASSS), Tucson, Arizona, November 5, 2004.
“Sites of Sacrifice/Symbols of Progress: Athletic Performance and Contingent
Black Masculinity,” Regional Conference of the Organization of American
Historians, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, July 10, 2004.
“Baseball, Bingo Long and Rites of Manhood: The African American Tradition of
Resistance within the Spectacle of America’s Pastime,” Cooperstown Symposium
on Baseball and American Culture. Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, New
York, June 4, 2004.
“Save Us Joe Louis: The Subversiveness of Boxing and its Pervasive Influence on
Twentieth Century Definitions of Black Masculinity,” American Men’s Studies
Association Conference-Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, April 13,
2003.
“Joe Louis: The Manifestation of the Seventh Son,” Critical Moments ConferenceEmory University, Atlanta, Georgia, April 6, 2003.
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS
2012
National Endowment for the Humanities planning grant for the
forthcoming Benton, Hollywood and History (working title) exhibition at the
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Contributing scholar)
2012
Missouri Humanities Council grant for Re-Visioning the Kansas City
Narrative: Teaching African American History in the Central Plains
Teacher’s Institute (Contributing scholar)
2010
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship in support of the
Isaac Burns Murphy project.
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2010
Recipient of the John Daniels Fellowship at the National Sporting Library,
Middleburg (Virginia)
2010
NAACP Julius E. Williams Distinguished Service Award for the They Came
to Fight project of African Americans and WWI, NAACP National
Convention, 2010
2010
Granted research leave from UMKC
2010
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Diversity: UMKC’s College of Arts &
Sciences
2010
Received a University of Missouri Research Board Fellowship for research
leave
2009
The National Trust’s Partnership-in-Scholarship Program Grant, Fort Des
Moines Museum, Contributing scholar
2009
Applied for the University of Missouri Research Board Fellowship
2009
Teaching American History Grant, United States Department of
Education, Contributing scholar
2009
Applied for the National Research Council of the National Academies Ford
Foundation Diversity Fellowship
2008
Faculty Research Grant (FRG), University of Missouri-Kansas City
2008
Teaching American History Grant, United States Department of
Education, Contributing scholar
2008
Applied for the National Research Council of the National Academies Ford
Foundation Diversity Fellowship
2006
Honorable Mention, National Research Council of the National
Academies Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship
2005
Emory University Dean’s Teaching Fellow
2005
Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, Summer Research Funding Award
Recipient, Emory University
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2004
Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, Conference Funding Award
Recipient, Emory University
2004
Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, Conference Funding Award
Recipient
2003
Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, Conference Funding Award
Recipient
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
2012
Black Archives of Mid America in Kansas City, Teacher’s Institute and
workshop leader, June 20.
2010
UMKC Community Outreach and Partnership, October 30.
2009
Presented at the Raytown South High Schools “Check and Connect”
Program, Raytown, Missouri, April 22.
2009
Presented “African Americans and the Great World War” at University
Academy, Kansas City, Missouri, March 5th and 9th.
2008
Moderator for the “Kansas City Political Roundtable and Neighborhood
Caucus Town Hall,” A UMKC student led organization, July 28.
2008
Sponsored the “Carter G. Woodson Essay Contest” at the Kansas City
Public Library
2008
African Alliance Organization Literacy Program, Lansing Penitentiary
February to current (lead monthly discussions on various novels).
2008
Facilitated three workshops with area high schools (De La Salle, Paseo
and Grandview) and Upward Bound programs around the exhibition
“They Came to Fight: African Americans and the Great World War.”
2008
Developed curriculum and lesson plan to coincide with the “They Came
to Fight: African Americans and the Great World War” exhibition.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
2011
Faculty Senate Representative for Arts &Humanities
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2010
African American Students Day at UMKC
2009
African American Students Day at UMKC
2009
Kansas City Black Heritage Project, Kansas City, Missouri – Director
2009
Advisory board for the African American Culture House and Gallery
2009
UMKC Medical School, Humanities and Bioethics Board of Directors
2008
African American Students Day at UMKC
2008
UMKC Chancellor Search Committee Member
2008
Black Studies Commission Committee Member
2008
AALO- UMKC (African American Male/Latino Mentorship Program).
Empowerment Summit committee, moderator, and facilitator, October 56
2008
Black Studies Search Committee
2007-08
NCAA Certification Steering Committee Member
2007-08
LGBT Faculty Advisory Committee
2007
AALO- UMKC (African American Male/Latino Mentorship Program).
Empowerment Summit committee, moderator, and facilitator, October 56
MEDIA
2011
“Faster, Higher, Stronger,” interviewed with BBC reporter Alastair
Laurence for a documentary for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, June
24.
2010
“More than a Month: A Documentary,” interviewed with the director as
an expert on Carter G. Woodson and the purpose of “Black History
Month.”
2009
“Crossing the Line: Where is the Fine Line between Discipline and Abuse
in High School and College Coaching,” interview on local NPR station with
KCUR’s Sylvia Maria Gross, KC Currents, December 6.
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2009
“My Story: Ex-Chief Goes from Huddle to the Classroom,” Fox4 News,
November 6.
2009
“When it comes to KC's black history, Professor Pellom McDaniels says
it's time to get beyond Negro Leagues and jazz,” article in the Pitch:
Kansas City, CJ Janovy, October 27.
2009
“The Art of Being a Sports Fan,” The Walt Bodine Show, September 8.
2009
“Still Fighting: Pellom McDaniels resurrects heroic black soldiers,” article
in the Pitch: Kansas City, CJ Janovy, May 27.
2009
“Remembering African Americans’ Service in the Great World War,’
interview with KCUR’s Susan Wilson, KC Currents, May 19.
2008
“McDaniels Reaches Goal,” in PERSPECTIVES, Fall 2008
2008
“American Royal Honors Master Horse Trainer,” interview on local NPR
station with KCUR’s Sylvia Maria Gross, KC Currents, September 29.
2008
Guest on the Sports Ethicist, The Walt Bodine Show, July 30.
2008
“Former Chief says Sports Fill Important Needs for African American
Players,” article in the Kansas City Star, Steve Penn, May 12.
2008
“Former Chiefs Player Turns History Professor” interview with KCUR’s
Sylvia Maria Gross, KC Currents, July 17.
2008
“Negro Leagues Museum salutes No. 42,” article on MLB.com, April 8.
2008
“Carter G. Woodson, Farther of Black History” interview with KCUR’s Walt
Bodine, The Walt Bodine Show, February 6.
2008
“Former Chief and Current UMKC Professor Pellom McDaniels” interview
with KCUR’s Sylvia Maria Gross, KC Currents, November 18.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2010-current The International Journal of the History of Sport, Editorial Team of the
Americas
2005
NAME: North American Multicultural Education
2004-2006
North American Society for the Sociology of Sport
2004-current Organization of American Historians
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2004-current
2003-current
2003-current
2002-current
2001-current
2001
2000
1997
North American Society for Sports History
American Men’s Studies Association
American Studies Association
ASALHA
National Football League Alumni Association
National Football League Retired Players Association
College Language Association
The President of the United State’s Committee on the Arts and
Humanities
1993
National Football League Players Association representative
1992-current Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
1988-current Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
1999-2000
1992-1998
1991-1992
1990-1991
National Football League-Atlanta Falcons
National Football League-Kansas City Chiefs
World League-Birmingham Fire
Proctor & Gamble - Health and Beauty Care Representative
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Humanitarian Award, Kansas City Harmony, 2009
USA Weekend “Most Caring Athlete” Award - September 2000
Atlanta Falcons’ NFL Man of the Year Nominee – 2000
“CBS Sunday Morning” feature showcasing work with children on the 20 th
anniversary show, January 24, 1999
Isaac Hayes’ Literacy Link 2000 project – named as an honorary chairperson.
Project formed to open school in Ghana, West Africa (May 1999) and via the
Internet connect students with inner city schools in the United States.
Ebony magazine – named one of the nation’s “30 leaders-30 and Under,” 1998
Kansas City Chiefs’ / Sprint Man of the Year – 1998
Kansas City Chiefs’ NFL Man of the Year Nominee – 1998
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Presidents Committee on the Arts and Humanities – named to the “Coming Up
Taller” Initiative promoting art experiences for children nationally. The Fish Out
Of Water® Writing Club, a component of the The Arts for Smarts Foundation,
serves as a national model for community efforts to effect change. -1998
“Kansas City Harmony Hero” Award – Outstanding Community Effort to Promote
Diversity within the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area, 1998
Kansas City Chiefs’ 1998 nominee for NFLPA’s Byron “Wizzer” White
Humanitarian Award
Kansas City Globe “100 Most Influential” 1997
PHILANTHROPY
The National World War Museum, Kansas City, Missouri – Board of Trustees,
2008-2010
The Chris Draft Family Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia – Board of Directors, 2008 –
2011
The Carter G. Woodson Essay Contest for Kansas City area middle school children
interested in writing and history. 2008 -2010
Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City –Board member, 2007 – 2009
National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, Georgia – Curator of exhibition Athletes for
the Arts, July-August 2000.
Athletes for the Arts - Founder 2000
NFLPA/Outreach, Inc. African American HIV/AIDS Awareness Campaign, Atlanta,
Georgia – Spokesperson, 1999
Negro League Baseball Museum, Kansas City, Missouri – Board Member since
1998 (Chairman-elect 2008-2009; Chairman 2010)
Arthritis Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri – Board member, 1995-1997
Young Audiences, Kansas City, Missouri – Board member, 1997-1999
NFLPA/United Negro College Fund Golden Circle of Fifty – Charter Member, 1994
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COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Founded The Arts for Smarts Foundation in 1993 to expose children to the fine
and applied arts. Arts for Smarts creates and supports programs designed to
encourage expressive development and creative thinking among children and
youth.
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