Black and white photograph of Maryland sailmaker Curtis Downes, circa 1950. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. The mythology of America s founding developed over the course of centuries. It will take many years and many hands to set the record straight and create an accurate historical picture of how the United States came to be. Last week, Williams College took a big step in helping that process when it was named, along with two academic partners, the recipient of a $4.9 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as part of the non-profit s Just Futures Initiative. Williams, the Mystic (Conn.) Seaport Museum and Brown University s Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice will spend the next three years on a project titled Reimagining New England Histories: Historical Injustice, Sovereignty and Freedom.
Emory joins national Mellon Foundation research project to address racial reparations
Emory University will be part of a $5 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded to the University of Michigan’s Center for Social Solutions, led by former Emory Provost Earl Lewis, as part of the Foundation’s Just Futures initiative. “Crafting Democratic Futures: Situating Colleges and Universities in Community-based Reparations Solutions” emerges from the Center for Social Solutions’ focus on slavery and its aftermath, and is informed by three generations of humanistic scholarship and what that scholarship suggests for all seeking just futures. More information here.
The team of scholars will be led by historian Carol Anderson, Emory’s Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies and department chair. The team also includes Emory College faculty members Vanessa Siddle Walker, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of African American Studies, and AAS assistant
Follows a trend of pouring money into anti-racism projects
The Mellon Foundation recently announced that 16 projects would receive up to $5 million as part of its Just Futures Initiative.
The funds will “support multidisciplinary and multi-institutional collaborative teams producing solutions-based work that contributes to public understanding of the nation’s racist past and can lead to the creation of socially just futures,” according to a January 13 news release from the organization.
The recipients include Brown University for research on “Reimaging New England Histories: Historical Injustice, Sovereignty and Freedom” and the University of Michigan for “Research for Indigenous Social Action and Equity Center: Undoing Inequality.”
UTSA gets $5m grant for Democratizing Racial Justice project
UTSA gets $5m grant for Democratizing Racial Justice project
The school is one of only 16 universities in the U.S. and the only institution in Texas to be awarded the funds
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Racial justice protests made regular stops at the Bexar County Jail in early June, including this one on June 10. The Texas Education Agency has found the San Antonio ISD must do more to identify and teach jail inmates eligible for special education services under federal law.Jerry Lara /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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The UTSA main campus in San Antonio in 2017. UTSA is ranked in the top 3.6 percent of universities in the world, according to the 2019 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.Tom Reel /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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