Barbara McCaskill and Nicholas Allen to lead $1 millon Mellon foundation grant for their project, “Culture and Community at the Penn Center National Historic Landmark District.”

The University of Georgia’s Willson Center for Humanities and Arts has received a $1 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to partner with Penn Center, one of the nation’s most important institutions of African American culture. The partnership will support education and sharing among communities in the Sea Islands region of the Southeastern United States and students from UGA and its partner institutions. Full story here.