We The People

FAIN: BC-50478-09

Alabama Humanities Foundation (Birmingham, AL 35205-7011)
Robert C. Stewart (Project Director: March 2009 to June 2012)
David Armand DeKeyser (Project Director: June 2012 to June 2011)

The development of programs that include regional and cultural history for public audiences through the Road Scholars Speakers' Bureau; two teacher professional institutes - "Slavery in Alabama: Public Amnesia and Historical Memory" and "American Literature: From Discovery to the Civil War;" and bringing the "Journey Stories" travelling exhibition to rural communities.

The Alabama Humanities Foundation (AHF) proposes to use its We The People (WTP) grant to: conduct two teacher institutes, 'slavery in Alabama: Public Amnesia and Historical Memory and American Literature: From Discovery to the Civil War; underwrite presentations in our Road Scholars speakers bureau program, which relate to American (including Alabama) history and culture; partially assist our Museum on Main Street "Journey Stories" exhibition; and promote our grants program with increased emphasis on WTP.