Composite Nation Exhibition

FAIN: ZPP-284036-22

New York Historical (New York, NY 10024-5152)
Margi Hofer (Project Director: May 2021 to October 2025)

Creation of an exhibition examining the legacy of Frederick Douglas’s speech “Composite Nation” and educational programming related to the exhibition; retention of eight jobs and the creation of four new jobs.

N-YHS has a rich tradition of producing pathbreaking exhibitions that explore the formation of American culture, expression, and identity, while fostering respect for America’s cultural diversity—a tradition we intend to expand over the course of 2021 and 2022. N-YHS seeks funding towards our major exhibition, Composite Nation, and its accompanying educational programs, which has thus far been delayed due to pandemic-related closures, and which remains in jeopardy of indefinite postponement. We believe this exhibition aligns closely with the NEH’s A More Perfect Union initiative, exploring, reflecting on, and telling the stories of our historical quest for a more just, inclusive, and sustainable society. Composite Nation will expansively examine Frederick Douglass’s eponymous speech and its historical legacy.”