Chronicles of change: archiving stories of desegregation in rockford public schools, 1989-2002 [rock valley college (RVC), a two-year college located in rockford, illinois, proposes a project to…

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $118,772 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) to Rock Valley College, a two-year community college in Rockford, Illinois. The grant funds a project titled "CHRONICLES OF CHANGE: ARCHIVING STORIES OF DESEGREGATION IN ROCKFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 1989-2002." The project will create a collection of oral histories and primary source documents related to the 1989-2002 federal desegregation order of the Rockford Public Schools. The project will archive these materials and make them accessible to support teaching, learning, and research on the history of desegregation efforts in the Rockford public school system. The grant period runs from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026.

Chronicles of change: archiving stories of desegregation in rockford public schools, 1989-2002 [rock valley college (RVC), a two-year college located in rockford, illinois, proposes a project to create a collection of oral histories of and primary source documents related to the 1989-2002 federal desegregation order of the rockford public schools (RPS205).]