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Ford, Mellon, And MacArthur Foundations Transfer Sole Ownership Of Ebony And Jet Photo Archive To Getty And NMAAHC
A consortium comprising the Ford Foundation, the J. Paul Getty Trust, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and the Smithsonian Institution.
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