The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, an initiative which was formed four years ago in response to the deadly racial violence that took place in Charlottesville , Virginia, will award $3 million in grants to help preserve landmarks linked to Black history. According to WTTW, the recipients of the award include several civil rights sites and Black churches in Alabama, an African American heritage trail in Colorado and the church where Emmett Till' s funeral was held in Chicago in 1955. Making the announcement on Thursday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation also revealed plans to hire a director for Save Harlem Now!, a preservation effort in New York. In addition, the fund aims to help repair the African American Museum and Library in Oakland , California, and to conduct research on enslaved people at Hacienda La Esperanza in Puerto Rico . Brent Leggs, executive director of the fund, said the grants range from $50,000 to $150,000, helping projects in 17 states...
