Historic Brown Chapel Ame Church Preservation Society Inc

CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING SAVE AMERICAS TREASURES GRANTS AWARDED VIA CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING PROVIDE PRESERVATION AND OR CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE TO NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC PROPERTIES AND COLLECTIONS. GRANTS REQUIRE A DOLLARFORDOLLAR NONFEDERAL MATCH WHICH CAN BE CASH OR DOCUMENTED INKIND. THE GRANT PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NPS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS NEA THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES NEH AND THE INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES IMLS. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE STATES TRIBES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND NONPROFITS. THIS PROJECT IS AWARDED TO THE NONPROFIT HISTORIC BROWN CHAPEL AME CHURCH PRESERVATION SOCIETY FOR STRUCTURAL REPAIRS WINDOW REPAIRS ELECTRICAL IMPROVEMENTS AND HVAC IMPROVEMENTS.

THIS GRANT WILL FUND THE REPAIR OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH WALLS, AND PRESERVATION OF THE STAINED GLASS WINDOW OF THE HISTORIC BROWN CHAPEL AME CHURCH IN SELMA BROWN CHAPEL PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE EVENTS THAT LED TO THE ADOPTION OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965

2018 HPF AACR - BROWN CHAPEL AME HISTORICAL PRESERVATION FOUNDATION

2016 HPF AACR - HISTORIC BROWN CHAPEL AME PRESERVATION SOCIETY

2017 HPF AACR - HISTORIC BROWN CHAPEL AME

THE HISTORIC BROWN CHAPEL AME CHURCH SERVED AS AN EPICENTER OF THE MODERN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN SELMA, ALABAMA THE CHAPEL WAS A HEADQUARTERS FOR THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE AND THE STARTING POINT FOR THE SELMA TO MONTGOMERY MARCHES, WHICH LED DIRECTLY TO THE LANDMARK VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 THE CHAPEL IS A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK AND PART OF THE US CIVIL RIGHTS TRAIL THIS GRANT WILL FUND THE RESTORATION OF THE SOUTH AND WEST BALCONIES AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM UPGRADES IN THE SANCTUARY THE PROJECT WILL ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF INSECTS, WATER INCURSION AND DETERIORATION TO THE CHAPEL THE APPLICANT WILL PROVIDE 203,000 IN MATCHING FUNDS