Explorations in Black Leadership

Co-Directed by Phyllis Leffler & Julian Bond

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Biographical Details of Leadership

Influential People: Teachers
Influential People: Local Doctors
Early Interest In Medicine
Rural Foundational Experiences and Race
Education: Choosing Wellesley
Education in a Single-Sex Environment
Leadership Development: Speaking Up
Education: Applying to Medical School
Establishing A Woman’s Place in Medical School
Education: Building Community Through Greek Life
Influence of Religion and Religious Community
Overcoming Gender and Racial Resistance
Influential Mentorship and Support
Greatest Contribution: Mentoring Others

Contemporary Lens on Black Leadership

Leadership Style: Speaking Out on Gender Issues
Leadership: Vision, Philosophy, and Style
Characteristics of Good Leadership: Participation
Leadership Philosophy: Confidence, Not Arrogance
Difference Between Leadership and Management
Need for Women and Minorities in Health Field
Career: Role of Race Consciousness
Leadership Style: Consistency with Different Groups
NIH Policy Provides Race and Gender Inclusion
Support for Black Leadership
Black Leaders’ Obligation to African Americans
Contemporary Leadership Crisis: Lack of Struggle
Future Leadership Demands

Historical Focus on Race

Reflections on Brown

Characteristics of Good Leadership: Participation

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Amiri Baraka

Mary Frances Berry

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.

Julian Bond

Carol Moseley Braun

Calvin Butts III

Geoffrey Canada

Julius Chambers

James E. Clyburn

Johnnetta B. Cole

John Conyers Jr.

Angela Davis

Rita Dove

Floyd Flake

Robert Franklin

Mary Futrell

Nikki Giovanni

Earl Graves

William H. Gray III

Dick Gregory

Katori Hall

Dorothy Height

Oliver Hill

Benjamin Hooks

Freeman A. Hrabowski

Gwen L. Ifill

Benjamin Jealous

Elaine Jones

Bill T. Jones

Vernon Jordan

Barbara Lee

John Lewis

Henry Marsh

Gwen Moore

Robert Moses

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Charles Ogletree

Vivian Pinn

Charles Rangel

William Raspberry

Bobby Lee Rush

Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich

Bakari T. Sellers

Lucius Theus

Clarence Thomas

Diane Watson

L. Douglas Wilder

Roger Wilkins

Anthony Williams

Aaron S. Williams

Armstrong R. Williams