27 Grants Awarded To African American History Sites; Funder Aims To ‘Scale Up’

In the early 1900s, educator Booker T. Washington and Sears Roebuck president Julius Rosenwald built schools across the South for African American students. May

The National Historic Trust’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund gave out $1.6 million in grants to sites that tell American history “through the lens of Black humanity and identity.”

(Image credit: Mays Lick Community Development Board/African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund)

The National Historic Trust’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund gave out $1.6 million in grants to sites that tell American history “through the lens of Black humanity and identity.”