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Since 2004, Oprah Winfrey has supported the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture [1] as a member of the museum's advisory council and donor. [27] In 2013, she donated twelve million dollars to support the capital campaign of the world's largest museum dedicated to African-American history and culture.
The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is a program formed in 2017 [1] to aid stewards of Black cultural sites throughout the nation in preserving both physical landmarks, their material collections and associated narratives.
The Sadie Collective is the first American non-profit organization which aims to increase the representation of African-American women in economics and related fields. [1] [2] It was founded by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman and Fanta Traore in August 2018 and is named for the first African-American economist, Sadie T. M. Alexander.
This month, the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is awarding another $3 million to 30 different grantees to help safeguard and support historic sites from colleges to cottages to ...
The California Legislative Black Caucus released a list of 14 bills as a first set of reparations for the descendants of African Americans who were enslaved.
When the Fearless Foundation launched a contest to award $20,000 grants to four Black women-owned businesses, they were sued by the American Alliance for Equal Rights—a nonprofit representing ...
Officers of the National Council of Negro Women. Founder Mary McLeod Bethune is at center. The National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (NCNW) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1935 with the mission to advance the opportunities and the quality of life for African-American women, their families, and communities.
But a lawyer for Blum's group, Gilbert Dickey, countered that by only considering Black women for grants, Fearless Fund had adopted a "categorical racial bar" against other applicants in violation ...