The University of Pennsylvania announced two new programs at the Carey Law School a month after shuttering the Office of Equal Opportunity and Engagement and pausing a scholarship named after pioneering civil rights activist S adie T.M. Alexander .

On Friday, the institution launched the S adie T.M. Alexander Post-Graduate Fellowship for students working on a civil rights project. It also said it plans to add new full-tuition scholarships for students with the greatest financial need. The move comes after the school faced backlash over halting the scholarship amid pressure from the Trump administration. MORE: How the School District of Philadelphia will decide which schools must close

Alexander was born and raised in Philadelphia and became the first Black woman to gra

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