This grant, offered by the National Capital Region’s historical initiative, aims to produce a Special History Study of rural African Americans from 1865 to 1940. This research will fill a critical gap in historical understanding, as existing work often overlooks rural experiences compared to urban ones. The study will focus on Manassas National Battlefield Park and Antietam National Battlefield, exploring how these communities navigated post-Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and Depression eras through family, church, and community resilience. It will highlight diverse lives, from laborers like Hillary Watson to landowners such as James Robinson and pioneers like Jennie Dean, demonstrating the profound value placed on religion and education, exemplified by structures like Tolson’s Chapel. This grant is for preserving and illuminating the rich, often-overlooked history of rural African Americans in this significant period.
Opportunity ID: 293894
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | P17AS00265 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Special History Study of Rural African Americans for National Capital Region |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.945 — Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 16, 2017 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 23, 2017 This agreement previously competed under Cooperative Agreement number P16AC00031, therefore no applications are requested at this time. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 23, 2017 This agreement previously competed under Cooperative Agreement number P16AC00031, therefore no applications are requested at this time. |
| Archive Date: | Jun 22, 2017 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $91,125 |
| Award Ceiling: | $91,125 |
| Award Floor: | $1 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Park Service |
| Description: | This project will produce a Special History Study of rural African Americans in the National Capital Region. The study will provide an overview of the experiences of rural African Americans in the region from 1865 to 1940, and use as case studies the experiences of African Americans on and near lands that became Manassas National Battlefield Park (VA), and Antietam National Battlefield (MD). Much work has been done on the lives of urban African Americans in this time period, with relatively little focus on rural African Americans. Faced with the disillusionment of the Reconstruction years, the segregation and hostilities of the Jim Crow era, and the hardships of the Depression, rural African Americans turned to family, church, and community to survive. Several African American families lived on or near the battlefields of Antietam and Manassas after the Civil War. Many African Americans found employment as laborers on neighboring farms, some turned to sharecropping, and a very few owned land. Others held jobs in the towns and industries of the region, and as servants in white households. Both Antietam and Manassas Battlefield Parks have resources to tell the story of rural African Americans from 1865 to 1940. The stories range from Hillary Watson in Sharpsburg who remained a farm laborer his entire life, to James Robinson, of Manassas, who owned land and had a relatively prosperous farm, and to Jennie Dean, who attended a Freedmen’s Bureau school in Manassas and later established the Manassas Industrial School. Structures such as Tolson’s Chapel in Sharpsburg, established in 1866 and used as both a house of worship and a Freedmen’s Bureau school, show how rural African Americans valued both religion and education. |
| Link to Additional Information: | www.https://www.grants.gov |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
LaQuita Palmer
Grants Management Specialist Phone 202-619-7082 Email:laquita_palmer@nps.gov |
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