Description
The African American Historical Society of Portsmouth (AAHSP) seeks grant funding in the amount of $9,961 from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFH) for our Oral and Visual History Project: A Change Is Gonna Come - An Oral and Visual History Project documenting Portsmouth residents who experienced and utilized Portsmouth Community Library for African Americans. Funding for this project would allow AAHSP to interview, collect, chronicle, and interpret accurate records of the experiences of students, teachers, residents and all who utilized the Portsmouth Community Library (PCL) during the 20th century with a specific emphasis on 1945 to 1963. Funding for this project is essential and necessary to awaken the consciousness on the disparity that existed with African Americans in Portsmouth.
