| AB-50037-08 | Education Programs: Humanities Initiatives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities | Virginia State University | Local History in a Global Context: Petersburg's African American History in the Context of the Atlantic World | 2/1/2008 - 12/31/2010 | $74,322.00 | Christina | | Proenza-Coles | | | | Virginia State University | Petersburg | VA | 23803-2520 | USA | 2007 | History, General | Humanities Initiatives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities | Education Programs | 74322 | 0 | 74322 | 0 | To Support: A one-year project to create a research center, a website, and a graduate history curriculum on the history of Petersburg, Virginia's African American community.
To establish a national center of study for "Petersburg and the Atlantic World" that focuses on Petersburg's African American History as a principal theme. The goal of the program is to provide original pedagogical and research opportunities to strengthen Petersburg's educational institutions and establish a center of study and historica preservation that will help to revitalize the area. |