| GE-50429-11 | Public Programs: America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Planning Grants | Brooklyn Historical Society | Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations: A Study of Mixed-Heritage Families in Brooklyn | 4/1/2011 - 3/31/2012 | $50,000.00 | Deborah | F. | Schwartz | | | | Brooklyn Historical Society | Brooklyn | NY | 11201-2711 | USA | 2011 | U.S. History | America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Planning Grants | Public Programs | 50000 | 0 | 50000 | 0 | Planning of a website including exhibits and online scholar-led discussions, and related public programs about understanding, in historical perspective, the overlapping cultural identities of families of mixed race, ethnicity, or nationality.
Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) seeks $75,000 (total project budget $215,222) for planning Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations: A Study of Mixed-Heritage Families in Brooklyn, a multi-faceted interpretive website comprising sharply-focused, multi-media mini exhibitions; oral histories collected between 1973 and the present; an historic timeline; scholarly commentary and scholar-led discussion forums; and a series of public programs and events that explore the history of mixed-heritage families living in Brooklyn. This project, designed to create a deep and sustained focus on an essential aspect of American culture, encourages the public to recognize that the history of cross-cultural unions and children of mixed heritage is fundamental to understanding American history. |