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    Nine Questions for Tyrone McKinley Freeman, Author of “Madam C.J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving”

    Ade Adeniji, Inside Philanthropy

    Tyrone Freeman
    Tyrone McKinley Freeman, Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy

    Nine Questions for Tyrone McKinley Freeman, Author of “Madam C.J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving”

    Ade Adeniji, Inside Philanthropy

    Tyrone McKinley Freeman, associate professor of philanthropic studies at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, recently won the Dan David Prize, the largest history prize in the world, alongside eight other outstanding early and mid-career scholars of history. He is the author of “Madam C.J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving: Black Women’s Philanthropy During Jim Crow,” released this past fall. The biography charts out the philanthropy of millionaire Madam C.J. Walker (born in 1867), who aimed to empower African Americans and challenge the injustices and violence of Jim Crow.

    I recently caught up with Freeman to chat about his book, what inspired him to write it, the history of Black philanthropy and the state of Black philanthropy today. Here are some excerpts from that conversation, which have been edited for length and clarity.

    Read the full interview on Inside Philanthropy

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    Interview with Mirjam Brusius
    31 March 2022
    Interview with Mirjam Brusius

    The museums expert explains how every historical artefact has not just one story, but many

    Simon Baker, Times Higher Education

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    Dr. Efthymia Nikita sees our connectivity through time and space
    30 March 2022
    Dr. Efthymia Nikita sees our connectivity through time and space

    The Dan David Prize winner integrates human skeletal data with archaeobotanical, zooarchaeological and historical evidence in order to form a more well-rounded view of the past.

    Judith Sudilovsky, The Jerusalem Post

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    How MacKenzie Scott’s $12 billion in gifts to charity reflect an uncommon trust in the groups she supports
    28 March 2022
    How MacKenzie Scott’s $12 billion in gifts to charity reflect an uncommon trust in the groups she supports

    We asked philanthropy historian Tyrone Freeman to weigh in on Scott’s approach to donating large sums of money and her emphasis on other forms of generosity.

    Tyrone McKinley Freeman, The Conversation

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