[5] She also compiled and prepared finding aids for the Social Security Administration, the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Department of Labor.
[2] In 1995, she left the Library of Congress to become a professor of history at Morgan State University, a position she held til her retirement in 2016.
Instead, "I plan to focus on African Americans as overcomers.”[1] She has worked to disrupt the myth that black history isn't taught because of a lack of records.
[6] The guide lists many examples of pieces at the Library of Congress that examine African-American life, including "government documents, manuscripts, books, photographs, recordings and films.
She was a member of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, and served on the executive council from 1989 and was national secretary from 1992.