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Five African Americans named ‘genius’ grant winners by MacArthur Foundation In their own way, each is working toward increasing understanding of black histories and communities | The Undefeated

September 27, 2019September 27, 2019Black Excellence, KINDR'D ...

Kevin Parrish Jr., The Undefeated This Aug. 30 photo shows MacArthur Foundation fellow Emmanuel Pratt, an urban designer with the Sweet Water Foundation in Chicago. Pratt is co-founder and executive director of the foundation, a nonprofit organization based on Chicago’s South Side that engages residents in the cultivation and regeneration of social, environmental and economic […]

Take a Look at All This Black Genius the MacArthur Foundation Has Recognized | The Root

October 12, 2017African American Art, African American Education ...

The best way to start any day is with some black excellence, and today that cup runneth the hell over. The list of MacArthur fellows is out, and this year, six of the recipients are black.

[Watch Video] What this MacArthur winner, an expert in African American Art History, plans to do with her grant

September 23, 2016African American Art, African American History ...

Kellie Jones wants a new desk. That was the first thing the art historian and curator decided she would buy with the grant she will receive as one of 23 MacArthur Fellowship recipients announced Wednesday night.