Scope and Contents From the Series: The Afro American Family History Outreach Project, funded by the Lloyd A. Fry Foundation, 1989 1991, was conceived in 1987 by Local and Family History Section Curator, David T. Thackery. Delores P. Woodtor, appointed Coordinator in 1989, used conferences, seminars, workshops, etc., to implement the goals of the Project, which were to increase usage of Newberry Library African American genealogical materials, to arouse interest in family history among the African American community, to...