Cooperative Agreement P12AC30655

This $500,000 project grant from the National Park Service will support the rehabilitation of the George Alexander Towns residence in Atlanta, Georgia. The residence, built in 1910 and located in the Atlanta University Center Historic District, will be adaptively reused as a community education space through repairs to address water infiltration and fire/smoke damage issues. Preserve Black Atlanta, Inc. will convert the home of the early 20th century civil rights trailblazer into a cultural...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $100,000.00 from the National Park Service's Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) will support the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), a minority-owned non-profit organization, to document and preserve the oral histories of African American migrant workers at the Worthington Farmstead. The project aims to foster meaningful collaborations with local communities and...

The Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum will use a $504,891 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program to expand its professional staff and develop a paid internship program. A new Curator/Exhibition Developer and Program Manager will be hired to recruit 15-18 student interns annually over three years from area colleges. Interns will support the Curator in inventorying and cataloging...

The Student Conservation Association, Inc. (SCA) was awarded a $469,466.03 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of the Interior National Park Service Southeast Region to provide interpretation and visitor orientation support at the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site (TUAI) and Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail (SEMO) from August 21, 2023 to October 31, 2025. This award is funded under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), which...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $350,000 Innovative Approaches to Literacy program grant to The Piney Woods Country Life School to establish a Living Science Laboratory. The grant provides funding to develop and improve STEM education services for students from birth through 12th grade at the minority-owned, non-profit educational institution. Through this project grant, The Piney Woods School will provide high-quality STEM learning...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $175,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program. The purpose of this 3-year project is to produce a comprehensive special history study documenting the African American experience and relationship to the National Park Service from 1872 to 1965. The study will aid the NPS in...

This $190,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will fund two one-week workshops in July and August 2024 for a total of 72 K-12 teachers. The workshops will focus on the history and cultural legacy of the Gullah-Geechee people, who are descendants of enslaved Africans in the Lowcountry region of Georgia. In partnership with Gullah-Geechee descendants, scholars, and institutions,...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $210,292.50 Cooperative Agreement to Discover Your Northwest, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, under the NPS Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program (CFDA 15.954). The award supports a three-pronged project to engage urban communities with their surrounding cultural and natural resources through: 1) Culturally responsive visitor services, including interpretive and educational programming; 2) Innovative, engaging exhibits and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service's Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) provides $141,090 to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) to produce an updated biography of Maggie L. Walker. The project will utilize newly cataloged records of Walker's life and business to provide a more comprehensive understanding of her work with the Order of St. Luke and her efforts to...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Oakwood University, Inc. a $129,366 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program. The grant will support the creation of a plantation living museum and revision of a related course to educate students and the community about the life of Dred Scott. Key products include developing new teaching and learning resources focused on revising an existing course about Dred Scott and...