Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology’s Logan Library has been awarded a 2024 Advancing Racial Equity Collection Development grant from Indiana Humanities. This grant aims to encourage Hoosiers to explore diverse perspectives through a variety of literary and cinematic works. The $1,000 grant will enable the library to acquire 54 books, five e-books, and three DVDs, focusing on racial injustice, race-related issues, and the Black experience in Indiana and beyond.

The new materials were selected through the combined efforts of the library, the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, and the Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and the Arts.

The timing of this grant coincides with Logan Library’s promotion of its Advancing Racial Equity Collection in observance of Juneteenth National Independence Day, commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. The collection, first established in 2020 and expanded in 2022 and 2024, has been made possible through grants Indiana Humanities with funds from Lilly Endowment, Inc.