Decade: 1950s
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1950s
In Brief: The South African Institute of Race Relations
How did a US foundation manage to work under apartheid?
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1950s
1960s
In Brief: James Baldwin’s Creative Writer’s Fellowship
How a foundation provided the final ingredient to an era-defining novel.
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1940s
1950s
Funding a Sexual Revolution: The Kinsey Reports
The inside story of the study that first questioned binary sexuality and spurred outcry and controversy.
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1940s
1950s
1960s
Photo Essay: Mexico and the Launch of the Green Revolution
One foundation’s program in Mexico created the blueprint for ending hunger worldwide.
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1950s
1960s
1970s
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund Supports Modern Environmentalism
Environmental education was once an unusual idea. The Audubon Society changed that and became the household name it is today.
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1950s
1960s
The Birth of the Modern MBA
Why would an American foundation transform the field of business education?
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1950s
1960s
Can Data Drive Social Change? Tackling School Segregation with Numbers
In the years before Brown v. Board, a philanthropic fund hoped research and data would turn the tide on attitudes toward segregation.