The National Trust for Historic Preservation is supplying the grants through its HBCU Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative.
Officials with the nonprofit say, the Initiative seeks to ensure “these academic institutions and symbols of African American pride are preserved to inspire and educate future generations”.
Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina
Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi
Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee
Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas
Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia
Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama
An effort to landmark the San Francisco property where beloved lesbian couple Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin lived throughout most of their 54 years together has gained partial backing from the city s preservation advisory body.
LGBTQ leaders and preservationists are seeking landmark status for both the couple s residence and adjoining garden plot, which was revealed this month to be where cremains of Lyon and Martin were interred and scattered. The city planning department had also recommended the entire property be designated as a city landmark.
But the property owners, who claim they were unaware of the historic nature of the property when they purchased it last summer, argued that only the two-story cottage with the address of 651 Duncan Street should be landmarked. They intend to build their own residence on the garden plot, which has the address of 649 Duncan Street, and contend it doesn t warrant being included in the landmark designation.
Eight HBCUs Awarded More Than $650,000 From National Trust to Preserve Campuses
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The National Trust’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund has announced that it is giving more than $650,000 in grant awards to eight Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as a part of the new HBCU Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative.
This program will give the HBCUs the necessary funds and resources to protect, preserve, and leverage their individual historic campuses, buildings, and landscapes. This will ensure that these symbols of African American excellence and American achievement are preserved to inspire and educate future generations.
“HBCUs are keepers of an important American legacy,” said National Trust President and CEO Paul Edmondson in a written statement, “and many of these institutions are home to important, irreplaceable historic assets that require investment to retain and adapt them for modern use. The National Trust for Histor
Morgan State University and several other historically Black colleges and universities will receive more than $650,000 in grants to preserve their campuses as part of a new initiative announced Tuesday.