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, CBCF, Inc.
William Branch, Archivist, DC Archives
Adrienne Cannon, Ph.D., LOC-Manuscript Division
Kevin Clark, Ph.D., Technology Specialist, George Mason University
Shelia Flemming Hunter, Ph.D., Sr. Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs, LeMonye-Owen College
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