Project Grant P21AP11815

This $1.5 million formula grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service supports activities authorized under the National Historic Preservation Act for the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. At least 10% of the funding, or $150,352, must be subgranted to local governments participating in the Certified Local Government program. Over a three-year period from October 2021 to September 2024, the Department of Archives and History will complete projects in eight...

The National Park Service awarded a $750,000 Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid (CFDA 15.904) project grant to the Mississippi Heritage Trust Inc., a non-profit organization, to rehabilitate the Riverside Hotel in Clarksdale, Mississippi. This culturally significant site hosted many famous Black artists and represents multiple eras of the African American civil rights movement. The grant will fund architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans, and physical...

The Mississippi Heritage Trust Inc. will receive $499,500 under a three-year Project Grant from the National Park Service National Office to stabilize and repair the Riverside Hotel and three associated shotgun houses in Clarksdale, Mississippi. The work will be conducted under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904), which provides congressionally authorized support to identify, evaluate, and preserve historic properties of local, state, and national significance....

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) received a $438,150 Project Grant award on June 7, 2024 from the National Park Service's Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants (CFDA 15.928) program. This funding will support the non-federal acquisition of a 5.34-acre parcel of the Champion Hill Battlefield by the American Battlefield Trust, a sub-recipient under this award. MDAH will serve as the easement holder for the acquired property to ensure its permanent protection. The Battlefield...

This Project Grant award of $735,000.00, provided by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205), is funding a study for the "Jackson Heart Foundation - Connecting the Museum Trail Through Downtown and West Jackson (Neighborhood Access & Equity)" project in Hinds County, Mississippi. The grant aims to support infrastructure planning and development to enhance connectivity and accessibility between downtown Jackson...

This $1,199,913 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Minority HIV/AIDS Fund (CFDA 93.899) supports the Mississippi Public Health Institute's (MSPHI) "Helping Empower, Advocate, and Reach the Delta" (HEARD) program. The HEARD program aims to increase engagement in care for adult Black females, including cisgender, transgender, nonbinary, and genderqueer/fluid individuals, who are living with or at high risk for contracting HIV/AIDS, STIs,...

The Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi Project (CWRGM) received a three-year, $349,860 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program. CWRGM is developing an open-access digital documentary edition of over 20,000 documents from the papers of nine Mississippi governors spanning 1859 to 1882. To date, the project team has made nearly 7,000 documents available on their Omeka-S-based...

This $693,262 federal Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) will support the Alabama Historical Commission's rehabilitation of the Moore Building in Montgomery, Alabama. This preservation project, with a period of performance from June 2024 to May 2027, aims to document, interpret, and physically preserve a historically significant site related to the African American civil rights movement. The funding will enable...

The Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office awarded $380,850 under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to Project We Hope, Dream, and Believe on September 1, 2021 for the restoration and preservation of the Malcolm X House in Inkster, Michigan. The goal of the project grant funding is to convert the home, also known as the Wilfred and Ruth Little Home, into a museum highlighting Malcolm X's civil rights work. The Historic Preservation...

The COFO Complex in Jackson, Mississippi will receive $150,000 under a Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Preservation of Historic Structures on the Campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities program. Jackson State University will replace the HVAC system and repair the roof at the three commercial buildings that once served as the epicenter for civil rights activities in Jackson from 1950 to 1961. The buildings provided gathering spaces for meetings of various...