was also an archon of Sigma Pi Phi (the Boule), the first of all Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLO). He was a Prince Hall Freemason, a Sovereign Grand Inspector General (33rd Degree) of the United Supreme Council (Southern Jurisdiction, Prince Hall); a member of the Odd Fellows, Elks, and many other fraternal organizations. Wesley died on August 16, 1987, in Washington, D.C. at 12:35 am. He was buried at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, Maryland. Awards He was the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including: Guggenheim Fellowship in 1930/31 Phi Beta Kappa Key in 1953 Scottish Rite Gold Medal Award in 1957 Amistad Award in 1972 Honorary doctorates from numerous universities, including Wilberforce University in 1928 Books African-American history Negro Labor in the United States, 1850–1925 (1927) Richard Allen, Apostle of Freedom (1935) Collapse of the Confederacy (1937) The Negro in the Americas (1940) Negro Makers of History (5th edition) with Carter G. Woodson (1958) The Story of the Negro Retold with Carter G. Woodson (1959) The Negro in Our History with Carter G. Woodson (1962) Ohio Negroes in the Civil War (1962) Neglected History: Essays in Negro History (1965) Negro Americans in the Civil War: From Slavery to Citizenship (1967) International Library of Negro Life and History, a ten volume set (1967). In Freedom's Footsteps: From the African Background to the Civil War (1968) The Quest for Equality: From Civil War to Civil Rights (1968) Negro Citizenship in the United States: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Negro-American, Its Concepts and Developments, 1868–1968 (1968) The Fifteenth Amendment and Black America, 1870–1970 (1970) Women Builders with Sadie Iola Daniel and Thelma D. Perry (1970) Greek-letter fraternity The History of Alpha Phi Alpha: A Development in Negro College Life (1929) The History of Sigma Pi Phi (1954) ... Henry Arthur Callis, Life and Legacy (1977) Prince Hall Freemasonry The History of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Ohio 1849–1959: : An Epoch in American Fraternalism (1961) The History of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Ohio 1849–1971: : An Epoch in American Fraternalism (1972) Prince Hall: A Life and Legacy (1977) Other professional and fraternal organizations History of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, 1898–1954 (1955) The History of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs: A Legacy of