From rolled steel to rattlesnakes, exhibit helps tell the stories of the Calumet Region chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Landmarks: Roots of Black aviation can be traced to Robbins chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
2 Chicago area African American landmarks awarded national grants WLS
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The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund has awarded $3 million of grants to preserve 40 African American landmarks across the country, including two in the Chicago area.
The church that hosted the funeral of Emmett Till, Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ on Chicago s South Side, will receive $150,000.
The 14-year-old from Chicago was killed by a white mob for allegedly whistling at a white woman while visiting relatives in Mississippi in 1955.
Till was the cousin of Marvel McCain Parker s husband. She said the grant money will be used for structural repairs.
$50 million grant to help amplify Black contributions to American history nationalgeographic.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nationalgeographic.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
$50 million fund to help amplify Black contributions to American history nationalgeographic.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nationalgeographic.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.