Messages in Philadelphia’s Catto Memorials
When the School District of Philadelphia memorialized a 19th century civil rights leader by naming a disciplinary school after him, the organization sent a message about the value of black students.
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States of Incarceration Explores Roots of National Issue in Local Communities
This comprehensive public history project aims to serve as a national public reckoning with mass incarceration by viewing the issue through local communities.
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Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces 2017 Grants and Grantees
More than $10.3 million in funding will support 53 projects, institutions, and artists.
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Library of Congress Names Tracy K. Smith 2017-18 Poet Laureate
Smith will serve as the 22nd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry beginning September 2017.
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Jean Fritz, Acclaimed Author of History Books for Children, Dies at 101
Fritz authored nearly fifty books and was most known for her biographies of eighteenth and nineteenth century U.S. historical figures
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NEH Chair William D. Adams Announces Resignation
William D. Adams, the tenth chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has resigned from the agency.
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Call for Applications: Columbia University 2017 IRAAS Summer Institute, “Black Activist New York"
The Columbia University Institute for Research in African-American Studies (IRAAS) is now accepting applications for its 2017 Summer Teachers and Scholars Institute.
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'Five Stories' explores lives of people who lived and worked at John Dickinson Plantation
The exhibit explores lives of everyone from founding fathers to enslaved blacks.
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Rutgers-Newark Newest Americans Initiative Receives NEH Grant
Newest Americans has been awarded a Community Conversations grant of $310,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Completes Merger with National Canal Museum
The merger will increase D&L’s operational efficiency and expand the reach of the NCM’s story.