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THE SEEK MUSEUM WILL DEVELOP AN EDUCATION PROGRAM TO MEET THE NEEDS OF K–12 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN KENTUCKY AND NEARBY TENNESSEE. A NEWLY HIRED EDUCATION COORDINATOR WILL CONDUCT OUTREACH TO SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND ORIENT THEM WITH EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM AND ONLINE LEARNING RESOURCES RECENTLY DEVELOPED WITH THE RUSSELLVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND SCHOLARS AT WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY. THE MUSEUM WILL DESIGN, IMPLEMENT, AND EVALUATE SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND TEACHER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES USING THESE RESOURCES. AS A RESULT OF THESE ACTIVITIES, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WILL GAIN KNOWLEDGE IN LOCAL HISTORY THAT CORRELATES TO THE NATION’S HISTORY OF RACE RELATIONS AND REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF SEEKING EQUALITY, JUSTICE, AND PEACE FOR OUR WORLD.

THE SEEK MUSEUM TELLS THE STORIES OF THE STRUGGLES FOR EMANCIPATION AND EQUALITY IN KENTUCKY IN SIX HISTORIC BUILDINGS LOCATED IN NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICTS IN RUSSELLVILLE THE MUSEUM TOUR BEGINS AT AN URBAN PLANTATION THAT WAS THE SITE OF ENSLAVEMENT OF OVER 100 PEOPLE, AND IT CONCLUDES AT THE DUNNIGAN PAYNE HOUSE AND THE ADJACENT BRONZE STATUE OF ALICE ALLISON DUNNIGAN, THE FIRST WOMAN OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE TO BE ADMITTED TO THE WHITE HOUSE, CONGRESSIONAL AND SUPREME COURT PRESS CORPS THE SEEK MUSEUM WILL USE THESE FUNDS TO RESEARCH THE PERSONAL RECORDS DONATED BY MS DUNNIGAN TO HOWARD UNIVERSITY AND TO EMORY UNIVERSITY CONDUCT ORAL INTERVIEWS WITH MS DUNNIGAN S GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT NEPHEWS AND NIECES ARCHIVE AND DIGITIZE THE INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THESE ACTIVITIES AND DEVELOP EXHIBITS AND EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM BASED ON THIS RESEARCH AND MAKE THESE RECORDS AVAILABLE ONLINE AND AT THE MUSEUM SITE THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING 4,250 IN ADDITIONAL FUNDS