From the Associated Press The University of Michigan has been awarded two $5 million grants to fund projects that focus on addressing racial inequity. The
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Mellon Foundation awards $4 million grant to Inheritance Baltimore project
The project will pioneer new methods of instruction, research, and archival preservation that bring the history of the Black Baltimoreans to the fore By Doug Donovan / Published Jan 14, 2021
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation on Wednesday awarded a $4.4 million grant to a team of scholars at Johns Hopkins University that is investigating the history of academic racism in higher education and building a citywide network to preserve Baltimore s Black history, culture, and arts.
The project, Inheritance Baltimore: Humanities and Arts Education for Black Liberation, will pioneer methods of instruction, research, preservation, and doctoral education that works with Black institutions to bring the experiences of Baltimore s Black community to the fore and combat institutional racism. The project will also document and preserve the ways Black people attained knowledge wi
U-M awarded $10M in grants to address racial inequity
Meredith Bruckner, Community News Producer, All About Ann Arbor
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ANN ARBOR – The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Just Futures Initiative has awarded the University of Michigan two $5 million grants.
Led by professors Stephanie Fryberg and Earl Lewis, the grant money will be used over the next three years to fund projects that address racial inequity.
Fryberg is a professor of psychology and a University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor. Lewis is the Thomas C. Holt Distinguished University Professor of History, Afroamerican and African Studies and Public Policy. He is also the director of the Center for Social Solutions.