JOHN FLEMING Executive Producer America I AM: The African American Imprint
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ohn Fleming is Director Emeritus of Museums, at the Cincinnati Museum Center where he served as Vice President of Museums from 2001 through 2007. Fleming previously served as director and COO of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati. Currently serving as President of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Fleming is the author of numerous books and articles, including “A Summer Remembered” (Silver Maple Publications, 2005). In 2005, Fleming received the Association of Midwest Museums Award for Distinguished Service at the association’s annual conference. He was also appointed by President George W. Bush to the National Museum of African American History and Cultural Plan for Action Presidential Commission.
Fleming has served as the Afro-American Museum project director at the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus, Ohio, and spent 10 years as the director of the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center in Wilberforce, Ohio. Fleming has served on the board of trustees for the American Association of Museums and as president of the Ohio Museums Association. He has received numerous awards, including distinguished service awards from the Association of African American Museums, the Ohio Library Association, Berea College and the National Peace Corps. Fleming received his Ph.D. from Howard University.