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Getty Images will represent the digitized photos, providing a new revenue source for the HBCU grant recipients, plus funding scholarships and stipends for students attending HBCUs. HBCUs retain full copyright, and original photos will remain with the HBCUs after scanning, along with the newly digitized photos. In partnership with the Getty Family and Stand Together, a philanthropic community tackling some of the biggest challenges of our times, the grants commit $500,000 towards the digitization of HBCU photographic archives.
The Getty Images Photo Archive Grants for HBCUs was created to honor the legacy and history of HBCUs and their contribution to American History. Denny's has supported HBCUs for several years, it is a pleasure to have Denny's join the HBCU Grants Program as a partner in support of students and their opportunity to see a new potential career path." This grant was created to support the work that all HBCUs have been doing to preserve their photo archives. This is a very exciting opportunity to preserve the rich legacy of these colleges."Ĭassandra Illidge, Getty Images said, "We are looking forward to working with Denny's on this groundbreaking project. "We know preserving these images and supporting students is one of the ways we are investing in our nation's future leaders."Īpril Kelly Drummond, Denny's vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion, added, "HBCUs have been – and always will be a vital part of this nation's history. "This project is very much aligned with Denny's long-standing commitment to HBCUs," Lauderback said. Hudson, J.D., president of Jackson State University. The panel's participants will include Brenda Lauderback, Denny's board chair, Cassandra Illidge, vice president of global partnerships and executive director of the HBCU Grants Program at Getty Images, and Thomas K. 5 to 13, Denny's and Getty Images will formally launch their partnership during a sponsored panel, moderated by Keija Minor, chief operating officer, Ebony Media, taking place 4 p.m.
Getty Images plans to work with other HBCUs in the future.ĭuring this year's Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival, taking place Aug. Over 100,000 photos will be available for licensing in the " Historically Black Colleges & Universities Collection," on. The inaugural grant recipients are Claflin University, Orangeburg, S.C., North Carolina Central University, Durham, N.C., Jackson State University, Jackson, Miss., and Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas. The students will be working alongside the Getty Images team and the historians and archivists at each HBCU to research, digitize and restore these valuable archives. Denny’s Partners with Getty Images to Preserve History at Historically Black Colleges and Universities