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The Barnes has one of the world's most significant private art collections, with 181 Renoirs, 69 Cezannes and several Picassos, as well as Native American jewelry, African sculpture and Pennsylvania Dutch furniture " Bond's letter was sent to three charitable foundations ââ‚¬â€? The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Lenfest Foundation and The Annenberg Foundation ââ‚¬â€? that have agreed to support the Barnes while its court petition is being considered NAACP Chairman Backs Lincoln University Jan 22, 3:54 PM EST More than 50 years ago, Lincoln University President Horace Mann Bond helped the historically black college gain control of a world-famous art collection The proposal submitted by the foundation in Montgomery County Orphans' Court would move the art and increase the number of trustees to 15, with Lincoln still nominating four org Kimberly Camp, the Barnes' executive director, said the board of trustees needs to be expanded to help the foundation raise the millions of dollars it needs to stay afloat All three foundations have also agreed to give the Barnes $3 Barnes and my father," Bond said The cash-strapped Barnes Foundation wants to move its collection of Cezannes, Picassos, Renoirs and van Goghs from a Philadelphia suburb to the city so that it can attract more patrons and shore up its shaky finances org/ http://www 10 letter written on behalf of Lincoln, Bond said the court petition, which seeks to move the art collection and eliminate Lincoln's majority on the Barnes board of trustees, could be seen by some as "racially hostile " If a judge approves the Barnes Foundation's request, Pew and Lenfest have promised to help the Barnes raise $150 million to construct a new building in Philadelphia's museum district and establish a substantial endowment naacp Bond said that the foundations have not responded to his letter, nor to his offer to meet with them Through a spokeswoman, Dr Now his son ââ‚¬â€? NAACP chairman Julian Bond ââ‚¬â€? is fighting a court petition that would dilute Lincoln's influence over The Barnes Foundation, whose collection is worth billions of dollars "I cannot understand why Lincoln's trust-mandated role and your support for this great art collection should be mutually exclusive," the chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People wrote 1 million over two years to keep it afloat while the court petition is considered could easily look at it and say here are rich, white interests seizing control of this billion-dollar asset from this tiny impecunious black college," Bond said in a recent interview The school was founded in 1854 Barnes when I was a kid and I knew the relationship between Dr "I met Dr In a Jan Albert C Representatives of Pew and Lenfest had no immediate comment, saying they hadn't seen Bond's letter "People Horace Mann Bond had befriended Barnes, a self-made millionaire and insatiable collector who started his namesake organization 80 years ago to help working-class people understand and appreciate art ââ‚¬â€?ââ‚¬â€?ââ‚¬â€? On the Net: http://www Barnes in 1951; the document also empowered Lincoln University to nominate four of the foundation's five trustees, and required his $10 million endowment ââ‚¬â€? which ran out in 1999 ââ‚¬â€? to be invested in conservative, low-yielding government securities "The idea that this arrangement could be cast aside is tremendously objectionable to me Barnes chose Lincoln to oversee his foundation because of his friendship with Bond's father and because he disliked the Philadelphia arts establishment, Julian Bond said Such a move is forbidden by the intricate will left by Dr barnesfoundation Gail Levin, executive director of The Annenberg Foundation, declined comment