Francille Wilson

She now serves on the Los Angeles Commission on the Status of Women, as well as on the state board of the California African American Museum.

Her book, The Segregated Scholars: Black Social Scientists and the Creation of Black Labor Studies[3] gathers extensive research and historical interviews to examine the lives and professionals of African American labor historians and social scientist.

This particular book has been reviewed numerous times and is argued to have provided the foundation and framework for future debates on Black scholars.

In December 2007, Francille was appointed to the Los Angeles Commission on the Status of Women by the Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

[citation needed] On February 9, 2008, Francille received the Mary McLeod Bethune Excellence in Education Award, through the Our Authors Study Club of Los Angeles.