National Park Service

Alabama Black Belt designated National Heritage Area, unlocking up to $1M each year to preserve historic sites

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Five HBCUs in Alabama to receive $2.5M in grants from National Park Service 

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Black Panther HQ could become National Park site as feds aim to add Black history to America’s story

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$50K federal grant equips Charleston to locate, document Black burial grounds

Black burial grounds in Charleston, South Carolina, will soon receive the long-overdue care and protection that they need.  The Preservation
/ June 6, 2022
Protesters March On Washington To Mark 50 Year Anniversary of Brown vs. Board Of Ed

Locations connected to Brown v. Board of Education added to National Park

The Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park is expanding with the signature of President Joe Biden as of
/ May 13, 2022

Oldest U.S. active park ranger Betty Reid Soskin retires at 100

The nation’s oldest active park ranger is hanging up her Smokey hat at the age of 100. Betty Reid Soskin
/ April 1, 2022
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HBCUs awarded $8.6 million for preservation projects

Several of the nation’s historically black colleges and universities are getting a nice boost from the National Park Service to
/ September 16, 2018
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Green paint splattered on the Lincoln Memorial

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Lincoln Memorial has been temporarily closed after someone splattered a splash of green paint on the statue…
/ July 26, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Work to begins on MLK Memorial quote

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Park Service says it will begin work this week to remove a disputed inscription from the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial…
/ July 22, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Exhibit to explore history of African-Americans in medicine during Civil War

theGRIO REPORT – ‘Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries’ explores African-Americans’ contributions as nurses, surgeons and hospital staff during the Civil War…
/ December 6, 2012