Mini-Grants Program

AAHV 2001 Grantees

Albemarle County Historical Society
Research leading to an exhibit on the lives of slaves manumitted by Edward Coles.

Anne Spencer Memorial Foundation
Publication of a 64-page booklet on the life and influence of the poet Anne Spencer.

Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Research on the African-American history associated with Bacon's Castle, designed to broaden interpretation at the site.

Bland County History Archives
Research, interviews, and further development of an existing website on "Dry Fork," an African-American agricultural community in Bland County.

Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies
Development of an on-line research archive and database related to the history of Proffit, an African-American community in northern Albemarle County.

City of Petersburg
Research leading to the creation of a 44-page booklet on Petersburg's African-American history.

College of William & Mary
Funds to assist with the creation of a lesson plan for high school teachers focusing on the 1966 Supreme Court case, Green v. New Kent County, Virginia, which changed the role of government from prohibiting segregation to requiring integration in public schools.

Community Involvement Awareness, Inc.
Publication of a book on the histories of African-American churches in the Staunton/Augusta County area.

Corporation for Jefferson's Poplar Forest
Funds to support the development of a new approach to interpreting the history of slavery at Poplar Forest, Thomas Jefferson's second home in Bedford County.

County of Spotsylvania/One-Room Schoolhouse Committee
Development of a brochure and the installation of interpretive displays on the history of African-American education at Stubb School, a one-room building that has been relocated to the center of Spotsylvania where it will be open to the public as an educational exhibit.

George Mason University
An oral history project focusing on the experiences of African-Americans who attended school in Buckingham County, Virginia during the height of Jim Crow segregation.

Gloucester's 350th Celebration
Funds to support printing and related costs in connection with a driving tour of African-American historic sites in Gloucester County.

Hanover County Black Heritage Society, Inc.
Research including an oral history project on the educational experiences of African-Americans in Hanover County, resulting in an exhibit and permanent archive.

Historic Crab Orchard Museum & Pioneer Park, Inc.
Funds to assist with publication of a book about the African-American history of Tazewell County and its impact on the broader history of Southwest Virginia.

Historic Smithfield
Research, leading to the creation of an interpretive brochure, docent training, and a community forum on the history of slave life at Smithfield Plantation, designed to improve overall interpretation at the site.

James River Blues Society, Inc.
Funds to support production of a large-format brochure and map and a related highway historical marker in Lynchburg focusing on Virginia's contributions to the early development of the Blues as a distinctive American musical tradition.

Legacy Museum of African-American History
Production of an exhibit and related catalogue on the history of African-American education in Lynchburg and the surrounding counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, and Campbell.

Longwood College
Research and photo-documentation leading to the publication of a book on slave dwellings throughout Virginia.

Longwood College
An oral history project designed to capture the memories of people involved in the Civil Rights movement in Farmville and Prince Edward County.

Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum, Inc.
An exhibit and related public lecture – the first in a series – focusing on slavery in Loudoun County.

Loudoun Museum
Research leading to the development of a walking tour on the African-American history of Leesburg.

Mariners' Museum
Development and implementation of an outreach program – intended for school and community audiences – in conjunction with creation of a new exhibit on the Middle Passage and the TransAtlantic Slave Trade.

Montpelier Foundation
Oral history documentation and interpretive planning in preparation for the development of a permanent exhibit on the life of a former slave, George Gilmore, and his family, who owned land that once belonged to James Madison's great-nephew.

Piedmont Virginia Community College
An oral history project involving scholars, community leaders, and adult-education students in an effort to document and preserve the African-American history of Charlottesville and Albemarle County.

Reynolds Homestead
Funds to support an archeological survey and production of a map, brochure, and exhibit signage focusing on a slave graveyard located on the Reynolds Homestead property, as part of a larger effort to enhance the interpretation of African-American history at this site.

Sergeant Kirkland's Museum and Historical Society, Inc.
A book-length publication on the history of a largely unknown slave revolt on the ship Creole, a Richmond vessel carrying slaves from Eastern and Central Virginia who were given freedom by British authorities in Nassau following the revolt.

Thomas Nelson Community College
Research focusing on the history of an annual gathering of members of the Grand United Order of Moses, an African-American fraternal order and mutual benefit society, which met in Charlotte County each year from 1904 until the early 1970s.

University of Virginia's College at Wise
Research and oral history interviews leading to the production of an exhibit on the history of the African-American community in and around the coal-mining town of Clinchco, Virginia.

Valentine Museum/Richmond History Center
Research, a publication, and docent training to assist with development of a tour of African-American historic sites in the city of Richmond.

Virginia Historical Society
Production of a traveling exhibit and a related publication on the relationship between the church and education in African-American communities.

Virginia Museum of Transportation, Inc.
Production and distribution of a documentary video on the life and contributions of Chauncey Spencer, a pioneer in aviation whose achievements helped to open the field to other African-Americans in the mid-20th c.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Research and construction of a scale model of Christiansburg Institute, which provided 100 years of education for African-American children in SW Virginia from emancipation to integration.

Virginia State University
An interpretive exhibit on the life and legacy in dance of Virginia native Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.

Virginia Trust for Historic Preservation
Research and documentation of slave life at the Lee-Fendall House, which served as home for generations of the Lee family from 1785-1903.

Waterford Foundation, Inc.
Research, design, and production of a booklet on the African-American history of Waterford Village, designed to complement a variety of living history and other programs currently underway at this site.

WVTF Public Radio
Production of a series of four radio documentaries on the "life, death, and re-birth" of Christiansburg Institute, an institution that served African-American students in Southside Virginia for 100 years beginning in 1866 and has re-emerged as a center of education and cultural life in Montgomery County.