The National Park Service will grant more than $3.1 million to help preserve and enhance civil rights sites in Alabama.
The City of Anniston will receive $74,800 for story mapping and the formalization of the Anniston Civil Rights Trail
St. Paul United Methodist Church in Birmingham will receive $750,000 for preservation and restoration The Alabama Historical Commission in Montgomery will receive $75,000 for the Freedom Rides Museum Vintage Greyhound Bus Virtual Reality Experience and $750,000 for the rehabilitation of the second floor of the Moore Building, the structure across from the historic Greyhound Bus Station.“As the Representative of Alabama’s Civil Rights district, I take seriously my responsibility to ensure that we preserve the living legacy of the Civil Rights Movement,” Sewell said in the release.
Established in 1977, the Historic Preservation Fund has provided more than $2 billion in historic preservation grants to states, Native American tribes, local governments, and nonprofit organizations.
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