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have been established.

The Black Academy would establish a committee of its members which, along with its Director, would provide direct guidance and supervision to the project staff, which would operate from the Academy's office. The Academy would draw upon the cumulative years of involvement of its entire membership in the cultural life of the black community, to locate individuals and institutions known only those who are professionally involved.

The Directory is by no means intended to be a listing of the elite, it will be concerned with identifying cultural activity of black people across the nation. However, it is sensible to anticipate that one of the more difficult tasks will be that of selection, once the date has been collected. Therefore, the primary function of the Black Academy Advisory Committee will be to establish minimal criteria for listing an individual or group. For example, one criterion for a repertory company might be how long they have been in operation and how many productions have presented. 

The basic method for accumulating the data will be through the circularization of questionnaires and through selective visits to community cultural repositories. Because of the uniqueness of the project, a wide spectrum of organizations would have to be surveyed. Questionnaires would be circulated to organizations falling within the following broad categories:

a) institutions - schools, museums, associations, community cultural groups;

b) federal, state, and municipal art councils, civic groups such as Chambers of Commerce;

c) privately run institutions such as The Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, Karamu House in Cleveland;

d) organizations whose involvement