This Project Grant award of $1,177,763.00 was provided by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966). The award was made to the University of North Carolina at Pembroke to draft design documents for facade repairs at a historically significant site related to the struggle for equal rights in America. The project supports the broader program objectives of documenting, preserving, and interpreting culturally...
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 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...
The National Park Service awarded a $743,918 Project Grant to the National Mary Potter Club, Inc. through the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904). The grant will support continued rehabilitation of the Mary Potter School Shop Building located in Oxford, North Carolina. Specifically, the funding will be used to repair the building's interior structure, finishes, and systems. The Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program provides congressionally mandated grants to...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966) provides $702,803 to the University of Northern Colorado to rehabilitate the interior of the O.T. Jackson House, a historic site listed in or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The project aims to document, preserve, and interpret this culturally significant property associated with African American civil rights history. The...
This Project Grant award of $100,000 was provided by the National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966) to the Black Archives, History and Research Foundation of South Florida, Inc. The funding supports research and digitization of archival resources related to the history of the African American civil rights movement. This aligns with the program's objectives to document and preserve culturally significant historic...
This $500,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966) to the Upton Planning Committee, Inc., a nonprofit organization in Baltimore, MD. The grant will fund repairs and improvements to the Parren J. Mitchell House, including work on the masonry, exterior wood details, doors, windows, plaster, and systems. This project supports the program's objectives to document, preserve, and...
This $184,534 Project Grant award was provided by the National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966) to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP). The funding will support the development of an online story map to document and preserve historic places associated with the history of the African American struggle for equal rights. This grant is part of the NPS's African American...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) provides $137,066 to Eastern Michigan University to survey and document properties in East Detroit for listing on the National Register of Historic Places for their association with African American civil rights. The grant funds a broad range of history projects including survey and planning, research and documentation, interpretation and education, and collections...
The Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded $3.08 million to the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. At least 10% of the funding, or $308,452, must be subawarded to local governments participating in the state's Certified Local Government program. The primary purpose of this formula grant award is to support the identification,...