Eblast 1/18/2023: January updates
The year is off to a busy start! MLK Day, a tornado in Selma, the African American Civil Rights Trail on Rick Steves, and NTHP’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund grantees announced.
Eblast 12/20/22: Looking ahead, CR leaders in National Statuary Hall
Brief recap of 2022, expectations for 2023, and a story about Civil Rights leaders recently and soon to be installed in the National Statuary Hall.
Eblast 11/16/23: World Heritage 50th Anniversary
The World Heritage Convention was signed on November 16, 1972. In recognition of the 50th Anniversary of World Heritage, several institutions have scheduled special events.
Eblast 10/13/2022: Grant Deadlines Approaching
Several federal grant applications are due in the next two months. A link to a list of currently available federal grants related to African American heritage sites is also provided.
Eblast 9/21/2022: Fall updates
The Getty Foundation has announced a $3.1 million grant program targeting African American Modernist architecture. Free educational opportunities are a click away at the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Forum and US/ICOMOS. Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks World Heritage nomination receives ICOMOS committee inspection. The Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites at the Weitzman School of… more »
Eblast 8/2/2022: Brown v. Board of Education Expansion
The National Park Service created a new, multi-state, multi-property National Historical Park when President Joe Biden signed into law on May 12, 2022, the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park Expansion and Redesignation Act.
Eblast 6/27/2022: Gaston Motel restoration; new grant program
The newly-restored A.G. Gaston Motel opened on Friday, June 30, 2022, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony starting at 10:00 am. Congress has appropriated $4.625 million for the History of Equal Rights grant program.
Eblast 5/23/2022: Symposium Highlights
The second U.S. Civil Rights Movement Sites Symposium was a resounding success. All sessions were recorded and can now be accessed.
Eblast 4/14/2022: Symposium – Speaker Hasan Jeffries
The Xymposium’s Opening Keynote Address will be presented by Dr. Hasan Jeffries of Ohio State University on Thursday, April 21. His topis is Context is Key, the Importance of Situating Civil Rights Sites in Movement History.
Eblast 4/6/2022: Symposium Panel on Creative Marketing
On Friday, April 22, as part of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement Sites Symposium, a four-person panel will discuss a variety of marketing strategies for historic civil rights sites.
