{"id":176476847,"date":"2017-10-12T21:57:33","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T02:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/?p=176476847"},"modified":"2017-10-12T21:57:33","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T02:57:33","slug":"info-meet-the-6-black-winners-of-2017-macarthur-genius-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/2017\/10\/12\/info-meet-the-6-black-winners-of-2017-macarthur-genius-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"INFO: Meet The 6 Black Winners Of 2017 MacArthur &#8220;Genius&#8221; Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_176476848\" style=\"width: 125px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-176476848\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-176476848\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/blavity-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"31\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-176476848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oct 11, 2017<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<header class=\"animation-element bounce-up in-view\">\n<div class=\"group col-12\">\n<h2 class=\"article-title\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\">Meet The <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"article-title\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\">6 Black Winners <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"article-title\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\">Of <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\">2017 MacArthur<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"article-title\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\"> &#8220;Genius&#8221; Grant That<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"article-title\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\"> Are Helping <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"article-title\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\">To Change The World<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"article-title\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\"> As We Know It<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"clearfix pb3 affix-start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body animation-element bounce-up in-view\">\n<div id=\"attachment_176476849\" style=\"width: 611px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-176476849\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-176476849\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/macarthur-winners-1024x567.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/macarthur-winners-1024x567.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/macarthur-winners-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/macarthur-winners-768x425.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/macarthur-winners-920x509.jpg 920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-176476849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Photo: Blavity<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body animation-element bounce-up in-view\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body animation-element bounce-up in-view\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">announced the winners of this year&#8217;s fellowship, better<br \/>\nknown as the &#8220;genius&#8221; grant. 24 fellows were chosen, whose<br \/>\nprofessions range immensely across the board. There are<br \/>\nhistorians and musicians, computer scientists and social<br \/>\nactivists, writers, and architects. Now, what they all have in<br \/>\ncommon \u00a0is that each of the recipients has been selected for<br \/>\nhaving &#8220;shown extraordinary originality and dedication in<br \/>\ntheir creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-<br \/>\ndirection&#8221;\u00a0\u2014 and each will receive a $625,000 award from<br \/>\nthe foundation\u00a0&#8220;as an investment in their potential,&#8221; paid<br \/>\nout over five years\u00a0with no strings attached.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">This year, there<br \/>\nwere six black recipients\u00a0of the amazing award. If you&#8217;re in<br \/>\nneed of a little black excellence,\u00a0make sure to check out<br \/>\nthese winners. They&#8217;re making amazing\u00a0and courageous<br \/>\ncontributions to society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macfound.org\/fellows\/979\/\">Njideka Akunyili\u00a0Crosby<\/a>, 34, painter living in Los Angeles<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fr-video fr-draggable\" contenteditable=\"false\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E9MDVLAYWjw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">&#8220;Njideka Akunyili Crosby is visualizing the complexities of globalization and transnational identity in works that layer paint, photographic imagery, prints, and collage elements.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macfound.org\/fellows\/984\/\">Dawoud Bey<\/a>, 63, photographer and educator living in Chicago<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fr-video fr-draggable\" contenteditable=\"false\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KPSoNZfM7fU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">&#8220;Dawoud Bey is using an expansive approach that creates new spaces of engagement within cultural institutions, making them more meaningful to and representative of the communities in which they are situated.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macfound.org\/fellows\/987\/\">Rhiannon Giddens<\/a>, 40, singer, instrumentalist and songwriter living in Greensboro, N.C.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fr-video fr-draggable\" contenteditable=\"false\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bBdR45vWdAk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">&#8220;Rhiannon Giddens is reclaiming African American contributions to folk and country music and bringing to light new connections between music from the past and the present.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macfound.org\/fellows\/988\/\">Nikole Hannah-Jones<\/a>, 41, journalist living in New York City<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fr-video fr-draggable\" contenteditable=\"false\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E5VKsBK2BYg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">&#8220;Nikole Hannah-Jones is chronicling the persistence of racial segregation in American society, particularly in education, and reshaping national conversations around education reform.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macfound.org\/fellows\/1000\/\">Tyshawn Sorey<\/a>, 37, composer and musician living in Middletown, Connecticut<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fr-video fr-draggable\" contenteditable=\"false\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/32x4FxukjEM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">&#8220;Tyshawn Sorey is assimilating and transforming ideas from a broad spectrum of musical idioms and defying distinctions between genres, composition, and improvisation in a singular expression of contemporary music.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">6.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macfound.org\/fellows\/1002\/\">Jesmyn Ward<\/a>, 40, fiction writer living in New Orleans<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fr-video fr-draggable\" contenteditable=\"false\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RG7Bg89VNOs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">&#8220;Jesmyn Ward is exploring the enduring bonds of community and familial love among poor African Americans in the rural South against a landscape of circumscribed possibilities and lost potential.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Congratulations!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&gt;via:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blavity.com\/winners-of-2017-macarthur-genius-grant?utm_content=bufferf99cc&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\">https:\/\/blavity.com\/winners-of-2017-macarthur-genius-grant?utm_content=bufferf99cc&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Meet The 6 Black Winners Of 2017 MacArthur &#8220;Genius&#8221; Grant That Are Helping To Change The World As We Know It \u00a0 The John D. and Catherine T. 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