ASU, Miles College, Selma University, Alabama A&M and Stillman to receive grant from NPS
Alabama State University is one of five HBCUs in Alabama that will share $2.5 million from the National Parks Service to preserve historic sites on their campuses.
ASU will use the money for G.W. Trenholm Hall Preservation Project. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, announced the funding in a statement on Friday.
The other four Alabama schools to receive money are Miles College (Williams Hall Historic Preservation Project), Selma University (preserving the Historic Dinkins Memorial Hall), Alabama A&M University (restoration and renovation of Carnegie Hall Library), and Stillman College (transforming Sheppard Library into a Civil Rights museum).
“For more than 180 years, Historically Black Colleges and Universities have provided high-level academics, opportunities, and community for generations of students,” said NPS Director Chuck Sams in a statement. “These grants enable HBCUs to preserve the noteworthy structures that honor the past and tell the ongoing story of these historic institutions.”
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Each of the five schools will receive $500,000. The $2.5 million is part of a $9.7 million investment in HBCUs across the country for this preservation work, the NPS announced Friday.
Jemma Stephenson is the children and education reporter for the Montgomery Advertiser. She can be reached at jstephenson@gannett.com or 334-261-1569.
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