About the Archive

The Who Speaks for the Negro digital project was made possible with support from the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities and the Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Vanderbilt University. Original materials were provided through the generous support of the University of Kentucky and Yale University.

The “We Speak for Ourselves” conference was generously co-sponsored by Vanderbilt’s Program in African American and Diaspora Studies, Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center, Center for Ethics, Center for Nashville Studies, Department of English, Law School, the Office of the Provost, and the Race Relations Institute at Fisk University.  Additional support was provided by Vanderbilt’s Program in American Studies, Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership, Center for the Study of Religion and Culture, Department of Communication Studies, Program in Film Studies, Department of History, Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center, Department of Philosophy, Department of Political Science, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and Program in Women’s and Gender Studies.

Vanderbilt University is deeply grateful to Rosanna Warren and Gabriel Warren for granting us permission to digitize the materials related to their father’s volume Who Speaks for the Negro.

Archive Staff

Mona Frederick, Director of the Robert Penn Warren Center, Project Sponsor

Paul Gherman, University Librarian, Project Sponsor

Jody Combs, Assistant University Librarian for Information Technology, Project Sponsor

Roberta Winjum, Associate University Librarian, Project Coordinator

Pete Wilson, Catalog Librarian, Metadata Specialist

Deborah Lilton, English Bibliographer, Metadata Assistant

Jodie Gambill, Systems Librarian, Database Design and Implementation

Suellen Stringer-Hye, Web Development Coordinator, Web Development and Design

Tao You, Systems Librarian, Database Implementation