A significant portion of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation Collection, the largest archive of the Black Panther Party, is set to be digitized and made globally accessible. The pilot project, backed by a $150,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation, will be carried out by Stanford University Libraries. The digitized collection will be available online via SearchWorks, Stanford’s library catalog, and in person at the Black Panther Party Museum in downtown Oakland, California. Preserving History Through Digitization The Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation Collection, housed at Stanford since 1996, includes
The Mellon Foundation has awarded a $3.3 million grant to the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) to continue its Digital Justice Grant Program for three more cycles. Supporting digital projects Launched in 2021, the Digital Justice Grant Program supports digital projects in the humanities and social sciences that focus on historically marginalized communities. These include Black, Latine, and Indigenous communities, people with disabilities, and queer, trans, and gender nonconforming individuals. In addition to financial support, the ACLS Digital Justice Grant Program provides tailored coaching from the Nonprofit Finance Fund to help grantees
