(RNS) — Six churches are among 39 projects being awarded grants from the National Park Service to preserve historical examples of the Civil Rights activism of African Americans.The recipients of the $23.4 million in awards include the Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church Selma AL Legacy Foundation. The foundation will receive $744,545 to help protect the interior of the building and enhance its air quality. The church was the site of the first mass meeting for proponents of the voting rights movement and the spiritual home of several presidents of the National Baptist Convention USA Inc.
“The Interior Department and the National Park Service are entrusted with using the power of place to tell the story of our country,” Jordan Fifer, a spokesperson for NPS, told Religion News Service in a Friday (May 3) statement.
“Across America’s National Park System and in local communities throughout our nation, NPS is working to preserve and protect historic sites across the nation that hold the physical memory of our nation’s history.”
Since 2016, the park service has awarded more than $126 million for various preservation projects through the same African American Civil Rights grants program that will aid the new awardees.
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“The Interior Department and the National Park Service are entrusted with using the power of place to tell the story of our country,” Jordan Fifer, a spokesperson for NPS, told Religion News Service in a Friday (May 3) statement.
“Across America’s National Park System and in local communities throughout our nation, NPS is working to preserve and protect historic sites across the nation that hold the physical memory of our nation’s history.”
Since 2016, the park service has awarded more than $126 million for various preservation projects through the same African American Civil Rights grants program that will aid the new awardees.
RELATED: Dozens of Black churches receive total of $4 million for historic preservation
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