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