Mini-Grants Program

AAHV 2004 Grantees

Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County
Funds to support the creation of a virtual museum tour designed to make the AAHA's collection more accessible to both on-site and online visitors.

Friends of the Thomas Balch Library
Funds to support publication of a book on the Loudoun County Emancipation Association, an influential organization that promoted African American advancement and social change in Loudoun County during an 80-year period from 1890-1970.

George Mason University
Funds to support planning and research in preparation for a digital history project on the life and legacy of William Henry Sheppard, an early "Africanist," missionary, art collector, and human rights activist.

Legacy Museum of African American History
Funds to support design and printing costs for a 24-page exhibit catalog to complement a VFH-funded exhibit on the African American Worship Experience in Central Virginia, 1820-1950.

Presence Center for Applied Theatre Arts
Funds to support the development of a community history project focusing on Charlottesville's "Vinegar Hill" neighborhhod, a center of African American business and cultural life that was largely demolished during the period of "urban renewal."

The Montpelier Foundation
Funds to support research leading to the development of a database of information on freed slaves in the vacinity of Montpelier, intended to provide a context for interpretation of African American life in Orange County during the post-Emancipation era.