THREE Alabama sites included in grant announcement.
Grants from the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund advance ongoing preservation activities for historic places such as homes, museums, and landscapes that represent African American cultural heritage. To date, the program has supported 242 historic African American places and invested more than $20 million to help preserve significant sites imbued with Black life, humanity, and cultural heritage.
With amounts ranging from $50,000 to $155,000, these Action Fund grants support preservation work in four primary areas: Capital Projects, Organizational Capacity Building, Project Planning, and Programming and Interpretation. This year’s grant announcement also includes three grant programs:
Freedom Quilting Bee Manufacturing Building
Freedom Quilting Bee Legacy | Alberta, Alabama (Wilcox County)
The Freedom Quilting Bee Cooperative was established in Alberta, Alabama, by Civil Rights activists Francis X. Walter and Estelle Witherspoon in 1966. This space now serves as a museum showcasing this community’s artistic legacy and providing educational programming. A project planning grant will provide the information needed to rehabilitate the original building and help plan for the utilization of the currently unusable spaces.
Talladega College
Talladega College | Talladega, Alabama
Comprised of a 55-acre historic district, Talladega College, the first private, historically Black liberal arts college in Alabama, exhibits a wide range of architectural styles. Founded by two formally enslaved men, its historic buildings date from 1869 including the college’s Savery Library, the original home of the nationally recognized Amistad murals painted by noted artist Hale Woodruff. A comprehensive project plan, which will include the college’s first campus-wide preservation plan and its first master plan, will lay the foundation for the preservation of Talladega College’s rich history.
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University’s Department of Architecture | Tuskegee, Alabama
Tuskegee (Institute) University was founded in 1881 under the
leadership of Dr. Booker T. Washington. It’s now over 5,000-acre campus
comprises over 100 buildings and is designated as a National Historic
Site. Led by its Department of Architecture, the university will develop
a sustainability and climate change resiliency plan to create
preservation strategies that address the effects of climate change on
its historic resources.
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