- Honorary Life Membership, Western History Association, 2005
- Vivian A. Paladin Award, 1996-1997, Montana Historical Society
- Oregon Humanities Center Research Fellowship, fall, 1994
- Who's Who in American Education, 1991-1992?
- Who's Who Among Emerging Leaders in America, 1990-1992?
- California State Faculty Support Grant, 1989-1990
- National Endowment for the Humanities Travel to Collections Grant, 1988
- Fulbright-Hays Fellowship, 1987 1988, (University of Lagos, Akoka, Nigeria)
- Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award, 1986, California Polytechnic State University
- Directory of American Scholars, 1982
- Carter G. Woodson Award, 1980, Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History
- Who's Who in the West 1980-1986
- Kent Fellow, 1974-77
- Bush Fellow, 1974-77
- Who's Who Among Black Americans, 1975-1991
- Assistant Director, "South By Northwest,” Five episode series for public television. Awarded $283,000 from U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1974-1975. (Series was based on my research on blacks in the Pacific Northwest)
- Principal Investigator, Blacks in the Pacific Northwest, 1972-1974, Project Funded by Washington State University, Grant Award, $5,000.
- Outstanding Achievement Award, 1974, Kappa Sigma Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
- Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 1969?
- Certificate of Merit, Raleigh Citizens' Association, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1968
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