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- African Americans who migrated to the North and West “didn’t go there as immigrants, they went there as refugees and exiles from terror.”—Bryan Stevenson, founder of @eji_org and subject of the film #JustMercy, on rethinking the Great Migration
- Today, @FordFoundation, @MellonFdn & @macfound announced the transfer of sole ownership of the Ebony & Jet archives to the @NMAAHC and the Getty Research Institute (with a further $30M commitment from Getty to digitize the collection): bit.ly/3Jf30nf [1/2]
- Black people who migrated to the North and West “didn’t go there as immigrants, they went there as refugees and exiles from terror.” —@eji_org Founder and Executive Director Bryan Stevenson on rethinking “The Great Migration.”
- “If you took a vote, the majority of people would never have voted to end racial segregation. It took a commitment to the rule of law.”—Bryan Stevenson, founder of @eji_org and subject of the new film #JustMercy youtu.be/1tSeQVufTcQ
- As many as five million Indigenous Americans were enslaved between the 16th and 19th centuries. Axios reports on @NatBoundUnbound, a massive new digital humanities project that will uncover their stories: bit.ly/3UUlmi6 #MellonGrant
- The former home of the legendary poet Lucille Clifton has been transformed into a haven for young artists. mellon.org/shared-experie…
- “You think about the kind of hearts, souls, and minds that were required to endure and survive [slavery and racial terror]…and still have the capacity to love.””—Bryan Stevenson, founder of @eji_org and subject of the new film #JustMercy
- How can colleges and universities evolve in their efforts to increase access for students who have historically been denied entry? Watch here to learn more about the possibilities and challenges in #highered today: ow.ly/oMNc50yrKE5 #Mellon50
- What is the role of the #arts and #humanities—and of individuals—in combating structural racism and promoting #diversity as a value unto itself? @michele_norris and Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) explore in these videos from our #Mellon50 symposium: ow.ly/djpo50zmC8k
- “If you took a vote, the majority of people would never have voted to end racial segregation. It took a commitment to the rule of law.”—Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director, Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org)
- In 2021, the former Baltimore home of poet Lucille Clifton will open as a space for aspiring and established #writers and #artists: bit.ly/2FRJHEy #MellonGrantee
- Amanda Gorman, the first-ever @librarycongress National Youth Poet Laureate, will go on to achieve another first next Wednesday as our nation's youngest-ever inaugural poet: bit.ly/3nN8byD #Inauguration2021 #Poetry
- “The argument that the Internet Archive isn’t a library is wrong. If this argument is accepted, the results would jeopardize the future development of digital libraries nationwide.”
