hosen members of the Executive Council:

Robert E. Park, William G. Willcox,
Jesse E. Moorland, L. Hollingsworth Wood,
Carter G. Woodson, Irving Metcalf,
Julius Rosenwald, Thomas J. Jones,
George Foster Peabody, A. L. Jackson,
James H. Dillard, Moorfield Storey,
John R. Hawkins, R. E. Jones.
Emmett J. Scott,

Dr. R. E. Park, Dr. J. E. Moorland and Dr. C. G. Woodson were chosen
as trustees of the Association. Dr. John R. Hawkins, Dr. J. E.
Moorland and Mr. L. Hollingsworth Wood were appointed members of the
Business Committee.

The reports of the Director and Secretary-Treasurer follow.

THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR

The period covered by the last two years has been the most
successful in the history of the Association. It has not yet
solved all of its difficult problems and is far from being above
want, but the progress it has made during the last two years
indicates that the ultimate accomplishment of its purposes is
assured. The edition of the JOURNAL OF NEGRO HISTORY has reached
4,000. The current circulation, however, is a little less, but
the numbers remaining on hand are gradually absorbed by the book
trade. Our subscription list shows 1648 subscribers. About 600
copies are sold at news stands and 500 are brought out at the end
of the year in bound form. Because of the value of the JOURNAL OF
NEGRO HISTORY in this form as a source book, the demand has
recently been so great that it is necessary to reprint all
numbers hitherto published.

The achievements of the Association have been various. There has
been among the people an increasing interest in the study of
Negro life and history as a result of the extension of the
circulation of the JOURNAL OF NEGRO HISTORY and the Negro reading
public has been considerably enlarged. This publication is now
read by serious thinkers throughout the world and research
students find it a valuable aid. The people as a whole are now
ready to hear the facts in the case of the Negro. They desire to
know exactly what the race has done to be entitled to the
consideration given other elements of our population.

To supply this need the Director has supplemented the work of the
JOURNAL OF NEGRO HISTORY by reprinting and circulating a number