The State, Tribal, Local, Plans & Grants Division is now accepting applications for the History of Equal Rights (HER) grant program. Before applying, please make sure that you have read and understand the limitations of each funding program and have carefully reviewed the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). The Notice of Funding Opportunity contains all the information you will
Friday September 16, 6-10pm: “Conversation” Descendants panel discussion, 6pm Listen to a fascinating conversation about family, genealogy, and lineage, featuring Jerome Plummer-Fowler (descendant of Adam Francis Plummer, once enslaved at Riversdale), Tina Wyatt (descendant of Harriett Tubman), and Dr. Joan M.E. Gaither (documentary story quilter). The panel will be moderated by Joe McGill (Founder, Slave Dwelling Project). Bonfire conversation circles, 8pm We will break into small groups
In this 90-minute webinar, Dr. Hilary Green and Dr. Keith Hébert, authors of a new study on African American Schools in the South from 1862-1900, will discuss why early African American education was foundational to ideas of citizenship and civil rights that define modern America. Schools founded by and for free African Americans were central to