Project Grant P17AP00042

The Pauli Murray Center for History & Social Justice received a $665,069 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program (CFDA 45.309). The grant will be used to create a multimedia exhibit highlighting Pauli Murray's leadership in legal advocacy, such as their involvement in Brown v. Board of Education and the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The project will also include interpretive community...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Park Service awarded $108,303 to the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966) to develop a collections management plan. The award, effective July 1, 2025, with a completion date of April 30, 2029, supports the African American Civil Rights (AACR) competitive history-based grant initiative. This program funds projects that document and preserve...

The National Park Service awarded $500,000 under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program to the National Mary Potter Club Inc. to rehabilitate the vacant Mary Potter School Shop Building in Oxford, North Carolina. Funds will support work to install HVAC, plumbing, electrical and an elevator in the existing interior space. Upon completion by August 2025, the building will serve the public as a multi-purpose community and literacy center while also functioning as a tourist...

The National Park Service awarded a $4,819,535 Project Grant under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to the nonprofit organization Reinvestment Partners. The grant will fund the rehabilitation of the historic Harriet Tubman YWCA site in Durham, North Carolina. This award is part of the African American Civil Rights (AACR) grant program, which supports the documentation, interpretation, and preservation of sites and stories related to the African American struggle...

The African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) was awarded a $650,398 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture federal grant program (CFDA 45.309). The grant will support AAMP's development and installation of a new permanent exhibition extending its timeline on African American history from 1776-1876 to the present day. The new exhibition will include four additional sections on education, politics,...

The Hallie Q Brown Community Center Inc. received a $135,770 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program. The award will support processing, cataloging, and digitizing 22 historical collections held by the Hallie Q. Brown Community Archive that document the experiences of the African American community in St. Paul, Minnesota's Rondo neighborhood and the history of African Americans in the...

The Christ Church Preservation Trust was awarded a $184,528 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to conduct the "Historic Black Lives Matter: Telling the Trust about Christ Church and Race at the Founding" project from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The Trust will implement archival research on the involvement of people of African descent in the colonial and early republic history...

The Hosanna Community House, Inc. will use a $452,742 Institute of Museum and Library Services Museum Grants for African American History and Culture award to expand access to its sites and collections in Darlington, Maryland from July 2023 to June 2026. Funded activities include hiring an Associate Director and paid interns to develop grade-specific materials on slavery through Reconstruction in Harford County. Additional products include trunk shows, traveling exhibits, bus tours, immersive...

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 John Gilmore Riley Foundation, Inc., received a $126,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program (CFDA 45.309) to develop a multimedia podcast series highlighting African American history institutions in Florida. Awarded on October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2026, the grant supports the production and distribution of monthly video and audio podcast episodes...