Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects for Youth

Period of Performance

10/1/1980 - 9/30/1981

Funding Totals

$5,000.00 (approved)
$3,761.46 (awarded)


The American Griot

FAIN: GZ-*1750-80

Big Brothers of the National Capital Area (Washington, DC 20036-2202)
Manson Brown (Project Director: April 1980 to October 1990)

To support a pilot project in which youth from the Washington, DC area Big Brothers and Big Sisters organizations will help plan creative approaches to learning about Afro-American oral traditions, including workshops, museum internships, and audio taping of oral histories.