National Visionary Leadership Project interviews and conference collection
By: collected by the National Visionary Leadership Project
Contributors: Brooke, Edward William, 1919- interviewee; Browne, Roscoe Lee, interviewee; Charles, Ray, 1930-2004, interviewee; Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005, interviewee; Collins, Cardiss, 1931- interviewee; Davis, Ossie, interviewee; De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931- interviewee; Dee, Ruby, interviewee; Dinkins, David N., interviewee; Dunham, Katherine, interviewee; Franklin, John Hope, 1915-2009, interviewee; Gravely, S. L. (Samuel Lee), 1922- interviewee; Height, Dorothy I. (Dorothy Irene), 1912-2010, interviewee; Holder, Geoffrey, 1930- interviewee; Johnson, John H. (John Harold), 1918-2005, interviewee; King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006, interviewee; McKissack, Leatrice, interviewee; Mitchell, Arthur, 1934- interviewee; Motley, Constance Baker, 1921-2005, interviewee; Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006, interviewee; Young, Andrew, 1932- interviewee; Barrow, Willie T. (Willie Taplin), 1924-; Cosby, Camille O. (Camille Olivia), 1944- interviewer; Poussaint, Renee, interviewer; Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress); American Folklife Center; National Visionary Leadership Project; Summit on the State of Black America (2003 : Library of Congress)
Published: 1997
Language: eng
Number of pages: 2612
Subjects: Politics and government; African American dancers; Interviews; African American veterans; African American leadership; African American clergy; African American legislators; Civil rights movements; African American physicians; Education; African Americans; African American educators; Biography; History
Other titles: National Visionary Leadership Project; Visionary interview excerpts.; Summit on the state of black America, 2003.
Description: Collection consists of videocassettes and video discs of 239 full-length oral history interviews with noted African American leaders conducted by Camille O. Cosby, Renee Poussaint, and others for the National Visionary Leadership Project from 1997 to 2007, and includes photographs of the interviewees taken at the time of the interviews.  Among those interviewed are Senator Edward Brooke, Congresswoman Cardiss Collins, educator John Hope Franklin, and civil rights activist Dorothy Height, and many others. Topics for these interviews include the Civil Rights movement; African Americans in the United States Congress and other leadership positions; education in the United States; family histories; the Great Depression; the Great Migration; service in World War II; historically black colleges and universities; African American churches and community leadership; African American leaders in the arts, dance, and music, and many other subjects. There is also a videocassette of the 2003 Summit on the State of Black America, held at the Library of Congress, and sponsored by the National Visionary Leadership Project, but no transcript for this event.  Materials were accessioned in 2004, and 2007-2010.

Collection also includes CD-ROM titled "Visionary Interview Excerpts" with brief excerpts from interviews with the following leaders:  Andrew Young, Carmen de Lavallade, Gordon Parks, Dorothy Height, Edward Brooke, Ruby Dee, David Dinkins, Constance Baker Motley, John Hope Franklin, Leatrice McKissack, Geoffrey Holder, and Ossie Davis.
Notes: Collection is open for research; access restrictions apply. Before requesting collection materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at 202-707-5510; folklife@loc.gov.

National Visionary Leadership Project interviews and conference collection (AFC 2004/007), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

A panel discussion which presented interviews from this collection was held at the Library of Congress on February 22, 2008 and focuses on Carmen De Lavallade, world-class dancer and actress; and Arthur Mitchell, world renowned dancer, choreographer and founder of the Dance Theatre of Harlem. This presentation, National Visionary Leadership Project Showcase, can be accessed throught the Library of Congress website.

Duplication of the recorded materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions; no duplication permitted.

National Visionary Leadership Project; Donation; 2004-2010.

Approximately 50 percent of these interviews have been cataloged individually. To see these catalog records, search for AFC 2004/007.
Table of contents: title: 2004 accession:  Dorothy Height interviews, 1997-2001; title: John Hope Franklin interview, August 26, 1999; title: Edward Brooke interview, October 31, 2001; title: David Dinkins interview, November 8, 2001; title: Cardiss Collins interview, May 2, 2003; title: 2003 Summit on the State of Black America, October 17, 2003; title: Visionary interview excerpts.; title: 2007 accession:  Gordon Parks interview, November 5, 2001; title: Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee interviews, December 4, 2001; title: Constance Baker Motley interview, January 21, 2002; title: Roscoe Lee Browne interview, April 26, 2002; title: Shirley Chisholm interview, May 7, 2002; title: Katherine Dunham interview, May 15, 2002; title: Coretta Scott King interview, September 5, 2002; title: John H. Johnson interview, September 19, 2002; title: Ray Charles interview, October 16, 2002; title: Samuel Gravely, Jr. interview, October 31, 2002.