African-American filmmaker, political activist and Permanent Representative of the Republic on Vanuatu at the United Nations. Robert VAn Lierop began his professional career in 1967 as an Assistant Counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in the areas of civil rights and school desegregation. He travelled to Africa in 1971 and produced his first film on the struggle for independence in Mozambique, "A Luta Continua." A second film, "O Povo Organizado," was completed in 1976. As co-producer of "Like It Is," a weekly black television new and documentary program, he produced several documentaries, including an analysis of the United Nations and a conference on Southern Africa. He also conducted two delegations of African-American activists and professionals to Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Cuba in 1978 and 1979.
From the guide to the Robert Van Lierop papers, 1968-1988, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.)
