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The project was founded in 2012 by Faculty Director Dr. P. Gabrielle Foreman (Ned B. Allen Professor of English and Professor of Black Studies) with Co-Coordinators Sarah Patterson (English PhD Candidate) and Jim Casey (English PhD Candidate). The interdisciplinary team includes undergraduates, graduate students, researchers and librarians from disciplines as varied as English, Black Studies, Art, History, Computer and Information Sciences, International Relations, Plant Science and more. CCP also works with national teaching partners and has engaged over 1000 students across the country in original research based its curriculum, Colored Conventions in a Box .