A Hidden History: The Black Experience in the Roanoke Valley

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Content type
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Collection(s)
Collection(s)
Grants
Title
Title
Title
A Hidden History: The Black Experience in the Roanoke Valley
Resource Type
Resource Type
Unspecified
Description
Description
Oral history training and collection, a public forum, and planning for an exhibit on the history of African Americans in the Roanoke Valley. Historians will train community volunteers in techniques of oral history and the information gained will be desseminated through a public forum and, ultimately, through an interpretive exhibit. The project will encourage and enhance further study of the Black experience in Appalachia.
Local Identifier
Local Identifier
project-name: 5-29883-91-19
Persons
Persons
Project director (pdr): Bolden, Aletha
Organizations
Organizations
Host institution (his): Harrison Museum of African American Culture
Genre
Genre
Other
Hierarchical Geographic Subject
Hierarchical Geographic Subject
VA
ROANOKE
Roanoke
Origin Information
Origin Information
Date Valid
1992-03-06 to 1993-02-28
Other Date
1991
Note
Note
Note Type
funding
Note
Outright approved: 7500; Outright final: 7500
Note
1. The grantee must submit satisfactory evidence of the project historians' experience in conducting oral history projects. 2. The grantee is strongly urged to explore existing resources on this topic and to contact the Roanoke Valley Historical Society regarding the possibility of cooperation/collaboration. 3. This award is conditional upon the submission and approval by May 1, 1992 of a revised budget for the use of VFH funds.

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