In just a few short weeks, I’ll head back to the Windy City to join colleagues from around America and the world as a 2017 Black Metropolis Research Consortium (BMRC) Fellow. With funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the BMRC offers summer fellowships to scholars, artists and writers working on projects that explore Chicago’s rich African American history and culture.
And as someone who spent her college years in Chicago, and whose recent book Word Warrior is about pioneering Black Chicago writer/activist Richard Durham, I can’t wait to return this intriguing and significant midwestern city.
For details about the fascinating explorations of my BMRC colleagues, as well as my own research on affirmative action and higher education, click here.
And don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about the BMRC fellowship program, or you’d like to simply reminisce about your own Chicago experiences.