We the People in Alabama

FAIN: BC-50176-04

Alabama Humanities Foundation (Birmingham, AL 35205-7011)
William B. Keller (Project Director: March 2004 to December 2004)
Elaine W. Hughes (Project Director: December 2004 to September 2006)

A one-week institute for secondary school teachers on the Harlem Renaissance, public programs to accompany the exhibition "Key Ingredients," and a grant program on themes and events in American history and culture.

The Alabama Humanities Foundation proposes to use its We the People (WTP) allocation to: (1) boost its grants program for a special iniative on WTP; (2) conduct a one-week residential institute on the literature and art of the Harlem Renaissance for secondary school teachers; and (3) underwrite the presentation and related programs for the "Key Ingredients" Smithsonian exhibition in six small Alabama towns.