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| Former FAMU President George W. Gore preparing for commencement with the assistance of his wife Pearl. circa 1962 |
Getty Images is committing $500,000 to digitize the rich visual history of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
The British-American visual media company will partner with philanthropic organization Stand Together to launch the “Getty Images Photo Archive Grants for HBCUs.”
The money will go toward digitizing the visual archives of two HBCUs, including up to 100,000 archival assets per university. Grant recipients will retain all copyright to their photographic works.
The digitized content will be put in a collection called the “HBCU Photo Collection” and will be available for licensing on Getty Images. The collection will also be available as part of Getty Images’ content donation initiative for non-commercial use for free.
50% of royalties will go towards grant recipients, 30% will be for a donation to a scholarship fund on HBCU education and 20% will be reinvested into Getty Images Photo Archive Grants for HBCUs each year.