MSS16674Explorations in Black Leadership project papersExplorations in Black Leadership project papers MSS 16674Stephanie Ricker Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

5 July 2022

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryP.O. Box 400110University of VirginiaCharlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110URL:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-03-05 17:42:22 +0000.Description is written in: English, Latin script. Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Explorations in Black Leadership project papers Bond, Julian, 1940-2015 MSS 16674 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/3/resources/1372 9.0 Cubic Feet Nine boxes 120 items 29 VHS, 52 DVCAMs, 29 optical disks, 2 DVs, 8 Betacam SPs 1998 - 2015 Fair English 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Content Description

This collection contains briefings with preparatory materials, questions and notes for oral histories conducted as part of the Explorations in Black Leadership project. The briefings were often compiled by interns with the Institute for Public History and included interview questions, possible answers prepared for Julian Bond (the primary interviewer), biographical information, handwritten notes, and correspondence. The collection also includes audio and video cassettes, CDs, and DVDs of interviews and other project related materials.

 Biographical Note

Phyllis Leffler is a professor emerita at the University of Virginia with a focus on oral history, public history, and the history of the University of Virginia. Julian Bond was a prominent figure in the civil rights movement, helping to found the Southern Poverty Law Center in 1971. Bond also served in the Georgia House of Representatives, was the chairman of the NAACP from 1998 to 2010, and was a professor at the University of Virginia. Explorations in Black Leadership was a joint project co-directed by Leffler and Bond within the School of Arts and Sciences, conducted between 200 and 2015. The project consisted of oral histories of leaders from the Black community, from all areas including law, education, religion, public service, the arts, and business. It examined how leaders are nurtured and how historical circumstances shape them.

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The collection is open for research use.

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This collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use materials in the collection in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

 Preferred Citation

MSS 16674 Explorations in Black Leadership project papers, box number, folder number, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

 Related Materials

https://blackleadership.virginia.edu/

 African Americans African Americans -- Civil rights Leadership Interviews Briefings Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170385 Cubic Feet1999-2021Scope and Contents

This series contains the briefing books for each subject of the Explorations in Black Leadership project. This includes articles on the person, the writing of that person, and correspondence between that person or their representatives, and Phyllis Leffler and Julian Bond.

Clarence Thomas Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/217039200811Lawrence Douglas WilderArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/217040200812Carol Moseley BraunArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/217041200513Diane E. WatsonArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/217042200514Aaron S. WilliamsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/217043201315Yvonne Scruggs-LeftwichArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/217044200316Earl G. GravesArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170452000-200117-11Julian Bond Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170462001-2006112-16Barbara Lee Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170472005117Gwen MooreArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170482007118Bobby L. RushArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170492005119Charles Ogletree Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170502004120Bakari Sellers Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170512009121Major General Lucius Theus Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170522002122Vivian PinnArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170532004123William J. RaspberryArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/217054200621Eleanor Holmes NortonArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/217055c. 200522James ClyburnArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/217056200423Charles RangelArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/217057200724Sanford BishopArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/217058200525Mary Frances BerryArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/217059200626Julius L. Chambers Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/217060200027-8Calvin O. Butts IIIArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/217061200829Henry MarshArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170622000210-12Anthony WilliamsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170632005213Rita DoveArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170642011-2012214Bill T. Jones Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170652011215Angela Davis Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170662009216John Lewis Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170672007217Armstrong Williams Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170682006218-19Dick GregoryArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170692003220Dorothy HeightArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170702003221Freeman A. Hrabowski IIIArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/217071200831Roger Wilkins Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/217072200132-4Freddie Warren Nicholas Sr. Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/217073199935-8Gwendolyn IfillArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/217074200939Benjamin JealousArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170752009310Vernon JordanArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170762000311-13Benjamin HooksArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170772001314-5Elaine R. Jones Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170782000316-17Oliver HillArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170792000318-20Geoffrey CanadaArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170802008321-22Nikki GiovanniArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2170812004323William GrayArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/217128200141-3Mary Hatwood FutrellArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/217129200044-7Floyd Flake Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/217130200148-9Johnnetta Cole Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2171312000410-11Robert FranklinArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2171322001412-14Robert Moses Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2171332014415Ron BrownArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2171342008416Katori HallArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2171352008417Amiri BarakaArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/217645222-23Historiographical BackgroundArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2171362009-2010418Historiographical Research on Mary Berry, Barbara Lee, John Lewis, Roger WilkinsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/217137c. 2007419Control Folder Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2171382021420Oral Histories Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2171393 Cubic Feet3 boxes 132 items30 VHS 32 CD 54 DVCAM 4 Cassettes 4 Floppy Discs 8 Betacam 567Conditions Governing Access

Original digital media (floppy disks, zip disks, thumb drives, born-digital files, etc.) and other media formats such as LPs, audiocassettes, videotapes, films, CDs, and DVDs cannot be handled directly by patrons. Appointments must be made in advance to request these items held by Special Collections. Please use our online reference request form (https://small.library.virginia.edu/services/reference-request) to request access to these materials, or to ask for further information.

Scope and Contents

Master and copy files of all oral history interviews conducted as part of the Explorations in Black Leadership project.

Black leaders on leadership: Conversations with Julian Bond by Phyllis Leffler Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2176471Scope and Contents

Book drawing on the interviews conducted by Julian Bond and Phyllis Leffler.