The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation wants to thank Dell, Inc., who provided the initial funding for this project. We would also like to thank our other partners for making this project possible—The University of Texas at Austin (our technical partner) and the Moorland-Spingarn Center-Manuscripts Division at Howard University (our content partner). Thanks are also due to the members of the Congressional Black Caucus, especially Rep. John Conyers who assisted with research documents and pictures, and to the Avoice Advisory Board:

Hon. Elijah Cummings
Hon. Shelia Jackson Lee
Hon. William J. Jefferson
Hon. Eddie Bernice Johnson
Hon. Kendrick Meek
Hon. Mel Watt
Elsie Scott, Ph.D., President and CEO, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.
William Branch, Archivist, DC Archives
Adrienne Cannon, Ph.D., Library of Congress-Manuscript Division
Kevin Clark, Ph.D., Technology Specialist, George Mason University
Shelia Flemming Hunter, Ph.D., Founder and President, The Black Rose Foundation for Children, Inc.
William Kirk, Esq., Partner, Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds LLP
Endi Piper, Esq., Director of Business and Legal Affairs, TV One, LLC
Ronald Walters, Ph.D. - Director, African American Leadership Institute

Thanks also to Avoice Virtual Library past and present staff and consultants:
Adrena Ifill, Avoice Project Director
Enchanta Jackson, Avoice Project Associate
Kenyatta Albeny, Research Consultant
R. Maria Marable-Bunch, Education Consultant
Sarah Shoenfeld, Research Consultant
Vanessa Bean, Intern