WASHINGTON - The National Park Service’s African American Civil Rights Grant Program has awarded $15,035,000 million to 53 projects in 20 states to help preserve sites and history related to the African American struggle for equality.
“This competitive grant program is just one of the many ways the National Park Service is working to preserve and interpret the lesser-known facets of our nation’s shared history," said NPS Deputy Director Shawn Benge. “From physical restoration projects to surveys, documentation, and education, this years’ grant funds will help many of our State, Tribal, local, and non-profit partners advance their preservation goals."
This years’ grant funds will be used to help preserve Harriet Beecher Stowe’s house in Ohio, the All Star Bowling Lanes in South Carolina (which was recently added to the African American Civil Rights Network ), a civil rights interpretive trail in Louisiana, and research Gilbert v. Board in Cocoa, FL, a pioneering case for civil rights that helped gain equal pay for Black teachers in Florida.Visit NPS.gov to learn more about the African American Civil Rights Grant Program, how to apply and dates for upcoming grant opportunities. Over $16 million in FY2021 funding will be available for application in Fall 2021.
State
Project Title
Legal Name
Federal Amount
Alabama Birmingham
Preservation, Restoration and Repair of St Paul United Methodist Church
St Paul United Methodist Church
$500,000
Alabama Birmingham
Preservation & Rehabilitation of the 16th Street Baptist Church Parsonage
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
$500,000
Alabama Lowndesboro
Restoration and preservation of the historic Lowndesboro School
The Elmore Bolling Foundation
$236,313
Alabama Marion
Phase II Structural Repairs, Windows Restoration and Building Systems Replacement of the Historic Lincoln Normal School Gymnasium
Lincolnite Club, Inc.
$500,000
Alabama Montgomery
Freedom Rides Museum Exterior Exhibit and Window Displays
Alabama Historical Commission
$50,000
Alabama Montgomery
Moore Building Rehabilitation, Phase III
Alabama Historical Commission
$500,000
Alabama Selma
Voting Rights Movement Education Project: Engaging history through digital and physical educational resources
Selma Center For Non-Violence, Truth And Reconciliation
$50,000
Alabama Selma
Critical Complete Re-Roofing of Gabled and Domed Roofs
Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church Selma AL Legacy Foundation Inc
$500,000
Arkansas Little Rock
Have you learned your lesson yet? The legal battle for the equalization of black and white teacher salaries in the Little Rock School District.
Mosaic Templars Cultural Center
$25,000
ArkansasLittle Rock
Restoring Historic Function and Character-Defining Elements in the Dreamland Ballroom
Friends of Dreamland
$498,000
Colorado Greeley
Rehabilitation at the African-American Townsite of Dearfield, Colorado
University of Northern Colorado
$497,776
Connecticut Salisbury
Clinton Church Restoration and Stabilization
Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area, Inc.
$495,322
Florida Cocoa
Historical Research and Documentation of the Civil Rights Case Gilbert v. Board of Public Instruction of Brevard County, Florida
City of Cocoa
$30,000
FloridaTallahassee
African American Education in Leon County-Power from Within
John Gilmore Riley Center/Museum Inc.
$50,000
Florida Havana
Rehabilitation of Havana Florida's Historic Northside High School
Havana Community Development Corporation
$499,994
Georgia Atlanta
Restoration of the Historic West Hunter Street Baptist Church Phase 4
Ralph David Abernathy III Foundation, Inc.
$499,916
Illinois Chicago
Reactivating the Forum: Preservation of 3 linked buildings in Bronzeville
Urban Juncture Foundation
$500,000
Illinois Rock Island
Rock Island Survey and Research Project
City of Rock Island
$33,500
Indiana Indianapolis
Emmett Tills Journey Home: A Story of Racism that Shocked a Nation Exhibit
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Inc.
$50,000
Kentucky Louisville
Jefferson Jacob (Rosenwald) School Restoration
Jacob School Heritage Inc
$188,000
Louisiana Baton Rouge
Louisiana Civil Rights Trail
Louisiana Office of Tourism
$50,000
Louisiana Bogalusa
Preservation and restoration of the Hicks House and Mill House, Phase 2
Robert Bob Hicks Foundation
$312,248
Massachusetts Salem
The African American Experience in the Essex National Heritage Area
Essex National Heritage Commission
$50,000
Michigan Lansing
Russell Woods - Sullivan Neighborhood National Register District Nomination
Michigan Historic Preservation Network
$49,900
Michigan Lansing
African American Housing in Inkster, Michigan 1920-1970
Michigan Strategic Fund
$50,000
Michigan Detroit
Second Baptist Church of Detroit Rehabilitation and Nomination Project
Greektown Neighborhood Partnership
$425,959
Michigan Detroit
Restoration of the Detroit Urban League Headquarters / Historic Albert Kahn House
Detroit Urban League
$500,000
Michigan Inkster
Restoration and Preservation of Malcolm X House (aka Wilfred and Ruth Little home)
Project We Hope Dream and Believe
$380,850
Mississippi Jackson
Mississippi Freedom Houses Project
Mississippi Heritage Trust Incorporated
$50,000
North Carolina Greensboro
Survey and Nomination of Civil Rights in Greensboro
City of Greensboro
$40,000
North Carolina Greensboro
Historic Magnolia House AR Interpretive Project
Magnolia House Foundation INC
$23,399
North Carolina Durham
Preservation of Historic Hayti Heritage Center: Pew Restoration
St. Josephs Historic Foundation, Inc.
$177,011
North Carolina Salisbury
Preservation of Historic Monroe Street School Phase II
Livingstone College
$500,000
North Carolina Asheville
Renovation of YMI Cultural Center
YMI Cultural Center Inc.
$496,957
New York Port Washington
Breaking Down Barriers: Civil Rights Movement on Long Island cell phone tour
Long Island Traditions
$25,000
New York Newburgh
Oral History of African American Civil Rights in Newburgh
City of Newburgh
$50,000
Ohio Cleveland
Stabilizing the Exterior Envelope of Cory United Methodist Church
Cleveland Restoration Society
$500,000
Ohio Columbus
Harriet Beecher Stowe House Preservation
Ohio Historical Society
$380,000
Ohio Dayton
Linden Community and Recreation Center
Gem City Hilltop Community Development and Housing Inc.
$498,030
OhioDayton
Fifth Street YMCA
Miami Valley Housing Opportunities Inc.
$ 53,930
Pennsylvania Pittsburgh
A Legacy in Stone: Homewoods National Negro Opera House and the Confluence of Pittsburghs African American Culture
Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation
$41,378
South Carolina Edisto Island
Historic Hutchinson House Final Phase of Restoration
Edisto Island Open Land Trust, Inc.
$171,512
South Carolina Hilton Head Island
Three Properties, Three Lenses: Reconnecting with Critical Aspects of the African American Struggle for and Achievement of Civil Rights During the Reconstruction Era
Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, Inc.
$487,088
South Carolina Orangeburg
Preservation and Repair of Historic Trinity United Methodist Church: Phase III
Trinity United Methodist Church
$500,000
South Carolina West Columbia
Brookland Lakeview Empowerment Center (BLEC) - Roof Replacement Project
Brookland Center for Community Economic Change
$321,226
South Carolina Orangeburg
Preservation of All-Star Bowling Lanes
Center for Creative Partnerships
$500,000
South Carolina Columbia
Booker T. Washington High School Auditorium Building
University of South Carolina
$500,000
South CarolinaSumter
Lincoln High School Civil Rights Preservation Project
Lincoln High School Preservation Alumni Association
$500,000
Tennessee Nashville
Civil Rights Related Resources in Nashville, 1944-1966
Metropolitan Historical Commission
$50,000
Tennessee Memphis
Collins Chapel Structural Evaluation
Collins Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
$45,000
Virginia Gordonsville
Restoration of St. John Rosenwald School Phase III Project
St. John Family Life and Fitness Center, Inc.
$103,500
VirginiaKing George
Ralph Bunche High School Preservation - Phase One (roof replacement)
King George County
$500,000
Virginia Lynchburg
Leonard N. Smith School of Religion (Humbles House)
Virginia University of Lynchburg
$498,191
The Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) uses revenue from federal oil leases on the Outer Continental Shelf, assisting with a broad range of preservation projects without expending tax dollars to mitigate the loss of a nonrenewable resource by benefitting the preservation of other irreplaceable resources.
Established in 1977, the HPF is authorized at $150 million per year through 2023 and has provided more than $2 billion in historic preservation grants to States, Tribes, local governments, and nonprofit organizations. Administered by the NPS, HPF funds are appropriated annually by Congress to support a variety of historic preservation projects to help preserve the nation’s cultural resources.
For more information about NPS historic preservation programs and grants, please visit nps.gov/stlpg/.
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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
