Person: Leland DeVinney
![A room full of African-American students attending a lecture in 1955 as part of the United Negro Collection fund.](https://s30471.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/RBF_United-Negro-College-Fund_1955_Box-1031_F6279_186-500x500.jpg)
1960s
The Origins of the Rockefeller Foundation Equal Opportunity Program
How a simple grant request seeded the launch of a full program addressing inequality.
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1960s
The Rockefeller Foundation Confronts School Inequality
A college prep program increased admissions rates for at-risk students, but it also raised larger questions about systemic inequality.