1995, she was the inaugural recipient of the National Opera Association's "Lift Every Voice" Legacy Award, honoring the contributions of African Americans to the field of opera. 1996, she was honored as an Outstanding African American Singer/Pioneer by Harvard University. 2000, her career as a pioneering African-American opera singer was profiled in Aida's Brothers and Sisters: Black Voices in Opera, a PBS documentary first broadcast in February of that year. 2006, Williams was also profiled in the 2006 PBS documentary The Mystery of Love. 2007, she was one of eight women honored by the Library of Virginia during Women's History Month as part of its Virginia Women in History project. On February 11, 2009, a Tribute to Camilla Williams program was held in New York, sponsored by the New York City Opera and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. On September 4, 2009, she was awarded the President's Medal for Excellence by Indiana University. In 2011 her autobiography, The Life of Camilla Williams, African American Classical Singer and Opera Diva, was published by the Edwin Mellen Press. References Sources Elizabeth Nash. "A Day with Camilla Williams", Opera Quarterly 18, no. 2 (2002): 219–230. Stephanie Shonekan and Camilla Williams, The Life of Camilla Williams, The African American Classical Singer and Opera Diva, Edwin Mellen Press, 2011. . Eileen Southern, The Music of Black Americans: A History, W. W. Norton & Company; 3rd edition, 1997. External links Camilla Williams papers, 1947–2010, bulk 1978–1996, at the Indiana University Archives. "Camilla Williams", Virginia Women in History, Library of Virginia, 2007 Aida's Brothers and Sisters: Black Voices in Opera, Great Performances, PBS documentary, 2000 The Mystery of Love, PBS documentary, 2006; includes audio clip Danville Museum Honors Camilla Williams , Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History 1919 births American operatic sopranos 20th-century African-American women singers 20th-century American women opera singers African-American women opera singers 2012 deaths Virginia State University alumni People from Danville, Virginia Indiana University faculty Singers from Virginia Classical musicians from Virginia Brooklyn College faculty African-American women academics American women academics African-American academics 21st-century American women