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JSU gets Getty Images grant to preserve historic photos

JSU gets Getty Images grant to preserve historic photos

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https://apnews.com/1f2791be61705465efd3b0a19db277af

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Jackson State University is one of four historically black colleges and universities to receive a grant to help preserve the impact and contributions of the schools nationwide.

University officials said funding from the Getty Images Photo Archives Grant will help with the digitization of 50,000 photos in Jackson State’s archives, including stories of activism, civil rights and police violence. The illustrations of Tracy Sugarman, as well as the Freedom Summer Photograph Collection and the Gibbs Green Memorial Collection will be among the rare photos released into the new digital collection, The Clarion Ledger reported.