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Century To Apply For $2 15 Million Grant To Rehab Community Centers, Camp Fire USA, Chamber : NorthEscambia com

March 11, 2021 The Town of Century is taking the next step toward applying for a $2.15 million coronavirus relief grant. Following a public hearing, the town council voted Tuesday night to seek technical assistance from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) to review the town’s pre-application project for a Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Funds. Century will apply for: $1 million for rehabilitation of the Carver Community Center $562,000 for rehabilitation of the town’s “Ag Building” community center on West Highway 4 and a parking lot $250,000 for rehabilitation of the Camp Fire USA buildings (owned by the town) $147,000 for rehabilitation of the Century Area Chamber of Commerce building (owned by the town)

Peoria famous Black residents: Annie Malone, Preston Jackson and more

Annie Malone Believed to be the first Black female millionaire, Annie Turnbo Malone was born in Metropolis in 1869 and came to live with an older sister in Peoria when she was orphaned. She attended Peoria Central High School, where her picture still hangs in honor of her status as a special alumnus, according to The Peorian. With a talent for chemistry, Malone set about developing hair products for women of color, which she marketed to great success. In the early 1900s Malone started a hair and beauty school in St. Louis, which was one of the first colleges for Black women. Called Poro College after a West African word meaning ‘physical and spiritual growth,’ the school employed hundreds of Black women and became a social center for the community.

Black community leaders in San Antonio behind evolution of Carver Community Center

Black community leaders in San Antonio behind evolution of Carver Community Center Creating Black History in S.A. Updated:  Tags:  SAN ANTONIO – In the early 1900s, the building we now know as the Carver Community Center was a safe haven for Black San Antonians. The center served as a performance space for artists and musicians of the times like Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and more. In 1930, two local activists, John Grumbles and Charles Bellinger pushed to re-purpose the space as a library for African-Americans during segregation. It officially opened the following year as “The Colored Library Auditorium” but continued to house virtually all events in the African-American community.

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