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Mellon Foundation Awards Historic Grant of $1 Million to Jacksonville Public Library

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., January 10, 2024 – The Mellon Foundation granted Jacksonville Public Library $1 million through the Library Foundation of Jacksonville to expand Memory Lab services and its African American History Collection, it was announced Thursday by Mayor Donna Deegan, marking the largest private grant in the histories of the Library and Library Foundation.

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