Action Fund Grant Stories
Since 2018, the National Trust has awarded grants to places and organizations that help the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund achieve its mission of protecting, restoring, and interpreting African American historic sites and uncovering hidden narratives of African Americans and their contribution to the American story.
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African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund The Fight to Save the National Negro Opera Company House -
Preservation Magazine A New York City Museum Shines a Spotlight on Inventor Lewis Latimer's Legacy -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Hearing Spirit Speak: Preserving Africatown as a Site of Black Resistance -
HBCU Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative Maintaining Duckett Hall at Benedict College: Q&A with Leandra Hayes-Burgess -
HBCU Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative Preserving Thrasher and Sage Halls at Tuskegee University: Q&A with Kwesi Daniels -
HBCU Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative Preserving Winsborough Hall at Stillman College: A Q&A with Dr. Cynthia Warrick -
Preservation Magazine Vernon A.M.E. Church Continues Its Mission 100 Years After the Tulsa Race Massacre -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund A Place to Grow: Lucille Clifton’s Life in Baltimore -
HBCU Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative A Campuswide Commitment to Preserve Jackson State University: A Q&A with Heather Denne -
HBCU Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative Restoring Spelman's Rockefeller Fine Arts Building: A Q&A With Arthur E. Frazier III -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund A Designed Response to Heritage Uplifts the Spiritual Legacy of John and Alice Coltrane -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund National Trust Awards $3 Million in Grants to 40 Sites to Help Preserve Black History
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