Mini-Grants Program

AAHV 2000 Grantees

Alexandria Black History Resource Center
Development of interpretive materials presenting the achievements of Northern Virginia’s African American women

Anne Spencer Memorial Foundation
Creation of interpretive materials for the Anne Spencer Home Tour

Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia
Development of interpretive materials to accompany an exhibit on historic Jackson Ward

Black History Center
Creation of a "Directory of Resources" on African American history in Southwest Virginia

Bland County History Archives
Documentation of the history of Dry Fork, an African American farming community in Bland County

Booker T. Washington Elementary School Reunion Organization
Production of an interpretive exhibit in a former school building on the farm where Booker T. Washington was born

Buckingham Training School Commemoration
Installation of interpretive signs at the Carter G. Woodson birthplace

Christiansburg Institute
Creation of a 12-page interpretive booklet on the history of Christiansburg Institute, the first secondary school for African American children in Southwest Virginia

Community Involvement Awareness, Inc.
Research and publication of a history of African American churches in Staunton and Augusta County

Elegba Folklore Society
Development of promotional and marketing materials for a tour of African American historical sites in Richmond

Explore Park
Development of interpretive programs on the contributions of African Americans to river commerce in Western Virginia

First Baptist Church
Funds to conduct a historical survey of Salem’s central African American neighborhood

Friends of the Freedmen’s Cemetery
Creation of an interpretive brochure and website to promote awareness of the Freedmen’s Cemetery

Friends of the National Park Service for Green Spring, Inc.
Support for new research on the history of Centerville, a community of Free Black residents emancipated in 1802 by William Ludwell Lee

Gloucester 350th Celebration
Development of physical and virtual tours of African American historic sites in Gloucester County

Greater Lynchburg Convention & Visitor Bureau
Creation of an interpretive brochure on African American historic sites in Lynchburg and five surrounding counties

Gunston Hall Plantation
Development of an exhibit focusing on slave life at Gunston Hall

Hanover County Black Heritage Society, Inc.
Research leading to the creation of an African American heritage trail in Ashland

Ivy Creek Foundation
Oral history and related research on Hugh Carr, a former slave who became a prominent farmer and community leader in Albemarle County

Montpelier
Historical and architectural research on a cabin built in 1870 by one of Montplier’s former slaves

Robert R. Moton Museum and Old Dominion RC&D Council
Installation of interpretive signs at the former Moton School, which is being developed into a museum of civil rights in education

Rockbridge Historical Society
Oral history, an exhibit and brochure on African American history in Rockbridge County

Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church
Support for an exhibit on the legendary minister of 6th Mt. Zion, John Jasper

Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest
Creation of an interpretive brochure on slave life at Poplar Forest

Thyne Institute Memorial, Inc.
Installation of interpretive signs commemorating the first organized school for African American children in Mecklenburg County

Tidewater Community College
Research leading to a series of scripts for the City of Portsmouth’s African American Heritage Tours

Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation
Development of an interpretive brochure on Tinner Hill, where the first rural branch of the NAACP was established in 1915

Town of Wytheville
Research and documentation of African American historic sites in Wythe County

University of Virginia, Carter G. Woodson Institute
Creation of an on-line research archive and database of information on the Profit community, an African American neighborhood in Albemarle County

Virginia Museum of Transportation
Creation of an interactive CD presenting the oral histories of former African American employees of the Norfolk & Western Railroad

Virginia State University
Research on the African American history of two plantations, Ettick Banks and Motoaca, on whose lands Virginia State is now located