African American National Biography
Advisory Board
| William L. Andrews, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Vincent Carretta, University of Maryland |
| Harry J. Elam, Stanford University |
| Paul Finkelman, Albany Law School |
| Frances Smith Foster, Emory University |
| Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University |
| Gerald Gill, Tufts University |
| Farah Jasmine Griffin, Columbia University |
| Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Harvard University |
| Darlene Clark Hine, Michigan State University |
| Bruce Kellner, Millersville University |
| David Levering Lewis, Rutgers University |
| Kenneth Manning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Nellie Y. McKay (deceased), University of Wisconsin |
| Ingrid Monson, Harvard University |
| Richard J. Powell, Duke University |
| Stephanie Shaw, Ohio State University |
Subject Editors
| Art: Jacqueline Francis, University of Michigan |
| Business: Tiffany Gill, University of Texas |
| Civil Rights/Late Activism: Robert A. Pratt, University of Georgia |
| Early Activism: John Saillant, Western Michigan University |
| Early Journalism/Writing: John Ernest, West Virginia University |
| Early Music: Edward E. Berlin, independent scholar |
| Education: Valinda Littlefield, University of South Carolina |
| Film/Theater/Dance: Paula Massood, Brooklyn College, City University of New York |
| Labor History: L. Diane Barnes, Youngstown State University |
| Late Music: Michael Bertrand, Tennessee State University |
| Late Music: Diane Pecknold, University of Louisville |
| Late Writing: Elizabeth Beaulieu, Appalachian State University |
| Medicine/Science: Rayvon Fouché, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Religion: Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Slavery: Edward E. Baptist, Cornell University |
| Sports: Daniel Donaghy, Eastern Connecticut State University |
| Sports: David Wiggins, George Mason University |