AphroChic Magazine: Issue No. 12
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WATCH LIST<br />
The groundbreaking Getty Images Photo Archives Grants for HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and<br />
Universities), awarded for the first time in 2022, are beginning to see results. In partnership with the Getty<br />
Family and Stand Together, the grants committed $500,000 towards the digitization of HBCU photographic<br />
archives in order to honor the legacy and history of HBCUs and their contributions to American history. Four<br />
universities received the first grants: Claflin University in Orangeburg, SC; <strong>No</strong>rth Carolina Central University<br />
in Durham, NC; Jackson State University in Jackson, MS; and Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View,<br />
TX. Each school has been working to digitize its archival photos, with 200,000 expected to be completed this<br />
month. Getty Images has been working side‐by‐side with the HBCU grant recipients during the digitization<br />
process to capture incredible photos like the ones below. HBCUs retain all copyright to the images, and<br />
original photos are returned to the HBCUs after scanning, along with the newly digitized photos. Getty<br />
Images is representing the digitized photos, providing a revenue source for the HBCU grant recipients. The<br />
revenue distribution has seen 50% go to the grant recipients, 30% to a scholarship fund for the HBCUs, and the<br />
remaining 20% reinvested to fund the Getty Images Photo Archive Grants for HBCUs each year. To learn more,<br />
or to view the HBCU digitized photos, go to gettyimages.com/corporate-responsibility/hbcu-partnership.<br />
<strong>No</strong>rth Carolina Central University's Class of 1923-24<br />
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