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BHPLA and other programs win $4.4 Million Mellon Grant

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation recently awarded a $4.4 million grant to a team of scholars at Johns Hopkins University that is investigating the history of academic racism in higher education and […]

Mellon Foundation awards $4 million grant to Inheritance Baltimore project

Doug Donovan / Published Jan 14, 2021 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation on Wednesday awarded a $4.4 million grant to a team of scholars at Johns Hopkins University that is investigating the history of academic […]

‘Just Futures’

Mellon Foundation gives $72 million in grants of up to $5 million each for humanities-focused projects addressing issues of racial justice. Read more on Inside Higher Ed.

Billie Holiday Project supports Kwanzaa celebration with local museums

BHPLA supported the 2020 Kwanzaa holiday with the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, and the Eubie Blake Cultural Center. One day of events included […]

Baltimore Lives: A Discussion with John Mayden

The Billie Holiday Project for Liberation Arts and the Reginald F. Lewis Museum hosted a virtual program with award-winning photographer John Clark Mayden, who has been documenting life in Baltimore […]

Billie Holiday Project Mural Celebrates Legacy of Elijah Cummings

Colorful Elijah Cummings mural on the side of a building

“Never let anyone define you.” It was a favorite phrase of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, who died a year ago, and it is now immortalized in a mural celebrating the […]

Professor Larry Jackson joins JHU committee on naming buildings and programs

Professor and BHPLA founder Larry Jackson has been named a co-chair to the Johns Hopkins Committee to Establish Principles on Naming. The committee is working to develop institutional-level procedures for evaluating […]

This year’s tribute concert to Billie Holiday moves online

By JAE CHOI | September 29, 2020   The Billie Holiday Project for Liberation Arts (BHPLA) and Hopkins at Home hosted “Baltimore’s Billie Holiday: A Musical Tribute to Lady Day” on Saturday, Sept. […]

2nd Annual Billie Holiday Tribute Jazz Concert: A Livestream Event | Saturday, September 19, 2020 | 3:15 – 4:30 p.m.

Mumufresh

Join us for a live concert honoring the life and musical legacy of jazz legend Billie Holiday. The 60-minute performance will feature renowned vocalist Maimouna Youssef a.k.a “Mumu Fresh”, accompanied by a […]

Billie Holiday Project featured in Wesleyan University Magazine

Larry Jackson

The fall issue of Wesleyan University Magazine featured the Billie Holiday Project for Liberation Arts and Professor Lawrence Jackson in “Transforming the ‘Black Butterfly’.” In the article, Dr. Jackson discusses […]