Project RACE was founded by Susan Graham and Chris Ashe as a non-profit 501c(3) Georgia corporation in the fall of 1991. We are a national organization with headquarters in Tallahassee, Florida.

Progressive legislation for a multiracial classification has been passed in Ohio, Illinois, Georgia, Indiana, Michigan and Maryland. We have persuaded districts (such as Fairfax County, Virginia) and states (North Carolina and Florida) around the country to utilize the classification. The ACT Scholastic Test added the multiracial classification in May 1995.

In June of 1993, Project RACE representatives testified before the Congressional Subcommittee on Census and Population. As a result, we represented the multiracial community at a meeting of federal government agencies at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington. We continue to work with the Office of Management and Budget, Census Bureau and members of Congress. Federal legislation was introduced on February 25, 1997.

Project RACE Executive Director, Susan Graham, her son and Project RACE member Nathan Douglas testified before the House Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology on July 25, 1997. Graham testified again later that day.