Theodore R. Debro, Jr. is the Retired Deputy Director of the Jefferson County Committee for Economic Opportunity (JCCEO), Birmingham, AL. JCCEO, a non-profit organization, is one of 22 Community Action Agencies (CAA) located throughout the State of Alabama to serve all counties in Alabama. His work at JCCEO included the management and oversight of more...
Dwight Cammeron is an award-winning independent documentary filmmaker whose projects have been recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, PBS’s National Black Programming Consortium, The National Educational Telecommunications Association, and the Broadcast Education Association. His films, which highlight African American history and center the African American experience, have been screened at film...
Lisa Ackerman serves as Executive Director of Columbus Citizens Foundation, an organization devoted to Italian culture and Italian American heritage. CCF provides more than $2 million annually in scholarships and offers a broad range of public programs. Previously, Ms. Ackerman served as Interim CEO of the World Monuments Fund in 2018 and 2019, after having...
Steve Crocker co-anchors the 6 and 9pm newscasts at WBRC FOX6 News. Steve grew up watching television news in Queens, New York and was introduced to broadcasting by his older brother Rob, who does jazz radio in the New York area. Steve’s broadcasting career began at WCLK radio in Atlanta, while attending Morehouse College, where...
Vincent Hall began serving as the Consortium’s Regional Coordinator for Montgomery, AL in 2022, but he previously did work with the Consortium as a Research Assistant. He is a native of Montgomery, and the President of the Living History Initiative, LLC, where he serves as a community consultant to foster intergenerational relationships. The goal of...
Joyce Nadine Parrish O’Neal serves as coordinator for the Consortium sites in Selma and the Black Belt. A Selma native, O’Neal is a lifelong member of Brown Chapel AME Church and a foot soldier of the Voting Rights Movement. At Brown Chapel, she serves as historian and tour coordinator, on the Steward Board and Phillips...
Priscilla Hancock Cooper has been director of the Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium since it began as a project of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) in 2017. After retiring from BCRI as Vice-President of Institutional Programs, she continued to work as a project consultant. A native of Louisville, Kentucky, she received...
