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sidebar__block--dark "> <h3 class="fancy-header">Fellowships</h3> <p><span>The Douglass Center awards a limited number of summer grants of $5,000 to ARHU faculty members (PTK or TTK) and graduate students to support the development or advancement of a publicly-engaged research project.</span></p> <a href="https://douglasscenter.umd.edu/fellowships" class="fancy-link">Learn More</a> </div> <!-- End sidebar if fields are present --> </div> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The College of Arts and Humanities’ Frederick Douglass Center for Leadership Through the Humanities, launched in 2024, is dedicated to engaging diverse communities—both at the university and well beyond—around issues of social justice and equity and creating leaders with values rooted in the humanities. The center’s activities, which include varied learning and funding opportunities, public events and more, seek to embody the core values of abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who was born into slavery in Maryland and went on to become a prominent writer, orator, publisher, civil rights leader and government official. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="section--padded-small"> <div class="wrapper--ks"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--button paragraph--view-mode--default"> <a href="https://douglasscenter.umd.edu/about" class="button">Learn More About The Center</a> </div> </div> </section> <section class="section--padded-small parallax-slow"> <div class="wrapper--ks"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--blockquote paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="silc-grid silc-grid--no-gutters silc-grid--collapse"> <div class="silc-grid__col silc-grid__col--10-medium"> <blockquote class="blockquote blockquote--fancy"> 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