Keith Griffler -- Ohio Humanities Council Award
Keith Griffler, Assistant Professor, African American Studies, Arts and Sciences and Kevin Burke, Electronic Media, College Conservatory of Music received a $20,000 major media grant from the Ohio Humanities Council, awarded December 2001 for the public television documentary "Wade in the Water" about the Underground Railroad.
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