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Clyde E. McElvene is a native Washingtonian, a product of DC public schools and a bibliophile for life. McElvene was formally trained at Virginia State University in Fine Arts Education. He is a cultural historian/lecturer who has taught African history and culture at the University of Virginia Saturday Academy, the Lorton Reformatory, City as School in New York, Bell Multicultural High School, Goding Elementary, and Amidon Elementary School in Washington DC. McElvene helped to establish and direct 17 African Centered Study Groups in the Metropolitan Washington area. He is the past financial secretary, director of marketing and co-founder of the African American Writers Guild in Washington, DC. He currently conducts African-Centered Field Trips of Washington DC, and rites of passage manhood training programs for African-American males.  In 1990, McElvene co-founded the Hurston/Wright Foundation where he serves today as Executive Director and CEO. As the Executive Director/CEO McElvene has full responsibility