Daryl Michael Scott

I was born and raised on the Southside of Chicago, coming of age in the late 1960's.  I attended Catholic schools until I volunteered for the military, serving during the peaceful years of Jimmy Carter's presidency.  Afterwards, I attended Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin , and Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, where I received my doctorate in history in 1994.  For just over a decade, I have taught history.  Presently I am Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History at Howard University and reside in Prince George's County, Maryland.  

Over the last five years, I have devoted myself not only to family and scholarship but also to revitalizing the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH).  The oldest black intellectual and scholarly organization in the world, ASALH fulfills my aspiration to promote black history and to contribute to African American institutional life.  I am currently Vice President for Programs.  I labor under the following belief: A people without institutions is not long to remain a people, and will become whatever others would
have them be.