Endowing Equity - The NEA, Cultural Diversity, and the Battle for Arts Funding

Endowing Equity uncovers a powerful, largely forgotten chapter when the U.S. government founded and sustained an affirmative action program celebrating cultural diversity. From 1971 to 1995, three visionary Black leaders at the National Endowment for the Arts led Expansion Arts, directing the equivalent of half a billion dollars today to Black, His