The ST. Louis blues: music, migration, and the movement [the ST

This $177,324 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will support the National Blues Museum in St. Louis, Missouri to conduct two six-day experiential learning workshops for K-12 educators in July 2024. The workshops, titled "The St. Louis Blues: Music, Migration, and the Movement," will examine the dynamic historical connections between music, urban environments, and race relations in St. Louis. By using the city's musical heritage and physical landscape as a framework, the workshops aim to help educators develop inclusive curricula around U.S. history and culture. This grant will enable the museum to leverage its expertise and collections to provide professional development opportunities that strengthen humanities education.

Louis blues: music, migration, and the movement will be a place-based learning workshop examining the dynamic historical ties between music, urban environments, and race relations in the history of ST. Louis and its physical environment. IT will take the form of two six-day experiential learning workshops for k-12 educators in july 2024, headquartered at the national blues museum in ST. Louis, missouri. ST. Louis is defined by both groundbreaking cultural contributions of black genius and an urban history of discrimination, displacement, and erasure, making the city a crucial site for studying race relations during the 20TH and 21ST centuries. Constructed by these complex historical forces, ST. Louis is an ideal location for place-based learning projects that incorporate the humanities. In this way, the landscape of ST. Louis and its musical history will be a valuable framework to aid educators in creating inclusive curriculums around united states history and culture.]