Mini-Grants Program

AAHV 2006 Grantees

Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum, Inc. - Lynchburg, VA
Pierce Street Renaissance Historic District First Anniversary Program

$3,000 to support an interpretive brochure and exhibit marking the first anniversary of the designation of the Prince street historic district. Prince Street is a historically black neighborhood in Lynchburg.

Hampton University English Department - Hampton,VA
Literary Reading Series

$3,000 to support a reading discussion series focusing on how African American authors include the heritage of black culture in their works.

Northern Virginia Urban League - Alexandria,VA
The Franklin and Armfield Office

$3,000 to support the development of a "Teaching with Historic Places" lesson plan, focusing on the Franklin and Armfield Office in Alexandria, a center of the slave trade in Virginia.

Scrabble School Preservation Foundation - Scrabble,VA
History of Scrabble School Community Mapping Project

$3,000 to support a "community mapping project" as the first step in a long-term effort to interpret the history of Scrabble School, a Rosenwald School in Rappahannock County.

Virginia Military Institute - Lexington, VA
The African American Community in 20th Century Lexington, Virginia

$1,000 to support a series of public lectures and the creation of a traveling exhibit on the Knights of Pythias Hall, an African American historic site adjacent to the VMI campus in Lexington.

Virginia Union University - Richmond, VA
Museum Brochure Project

$2,500 to support production of an interpretive brochure focusing on the history and collections of the Virginia Union University Art Museum, which has significant    collections of African and African American art.