Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: Foundation Consortium Acquires Historic African American Photographic Archive
July 25, 2019
July 25, 2019
NEW YORK, July 25 -- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation issued the following news release:
A consortium of foundations--the Ford Foundation, The J. Paul Getty Trust, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation--today acquired the archive of Johnson Publishing Company (JPC), publisher of the iconic Ebony and Jet magazines. The acquisition is pending court approval and the closing of the sale.
The archive includes more than 4 millio . . .
A consortium of foundations--the Ford Foundation, The J. Paul Getty Trust, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation--today acquired the archive of Johnson Publishing Company (JPC), publisher of the iconic Ebony and Jet magazines. The acquisition is pending court approval and the closing of the sale.
The archive includes more than 4 millio . . .