NVLP's Oral History Archive
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* Local Visionary Selected and Interviewed by NVLP Fellow
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Ossie Davis Playwright, director, producer, actor, and advocate for civil and social rights |
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Ruby Dee Actress, activist, author, and icon |
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Carmen de Lavallade Dancer, actress, and choreographer |
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Ophelia DeVore-Mitchell African American Modeling-business Pioneer |
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David Dinkins First African American mayor of New York City |
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David Driskell Acclaimed art historian, curator and professor; one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject of African American art. |
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David Du Bois Professor, Journalist, step-son of W.E.B. Du Bois |
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Katherine Dunham Creator of her own world famous dance company, and a pioneer in African-Caribbean artistic movement |
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Elizabeth Edmonds* Educator, Entrepreneur, Activist |
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M. Joycelyn Elders, M.D. First African American to be appointed Surgeon General of the United States |
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Vivian Ann Ellis* Community Activist |
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Ethel Ennis Jazz Musician and entrepreneur |
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Myrlie Evers-Williams Civil Rights activist, First full-time Chairman of the NAACP, Widow of murdered Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers |
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Walter Fauntroy Minister, Civil Rights activist, and U.S. congressman |
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James Forman Civil Rights activist, Executive Secretary of the Student Non Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the key early years of the Civil Rights Movement |
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Henry Foster, Jr.* Obstetrician/Gynecologist, former Dean of Meharry Medical College; 1995 Nominee for U.S. Surgeon General |
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Norman C. Francis* University President, Xavier University |
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John Hope Franklin Distinguished historian and prolific author, including the classic work, From Slavery to Freedom |
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Odetta Gordon Folk Singer, Queen of common folk and heart of the blues |
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Evelyn Granville Mathematician; the second African-American woman in U.S. to receive Ph.D. in mathematics |
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Samuel Gravely First African American admiral; first African American to command a U.S. Navy warship |
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Rev. Charles Green Minister |
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Dick Gregory Activist, author and comedian, known for his pointed commentary on racism in America |
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Robert Guillaume Veteran of stage, screen and television; best known for his role as TV’s Benson |
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Marcus Gunter* Jazz Musician and High School Band Director/Teacher |
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