MacArthur Foundation Names 2017 ‘Genius’ Grant Winners
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Date: 2017-10-11

MacArthur Foundation Names 2017 ‘Genius’ Grant Winners
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The past year has been a whirlwind for Rhiannon Giddens, the Grammy-winning musician who became the first woman and first nonwhite person to win a major prize for excellence on the banjo and then celebrated the release of her latest album, “Freedom Highway,” with a performance at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility.

But none of it prepared her for what initially seemed like an innocuous call last month from an unfamiliar number in Chicago.