$1 Million Grant Goes To Record Black Women's Histories

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Sun, 02/16/2020 - 2:16am

NEW YORK (AP) — A trailblazer among black women in the business world wants to help make sure that the stories of other pioneering women like her are not forgotten. The HistoryMakers, an oral archive that's recorded the stories of more than 3,300 African Americans, launched The WomanMakers initiative with a $1 million gift from Ursula Burns, the former head of Xerox. “We have to value our own stories," Burns said in a phone interview about the project that will focus on African American women.Read more on NewsOK.com

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