Maryland African American Museum Corporation

DISCRETIONARY

THE REGINALD F. LEWIS MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE WILL PRODUCE AN ONLINE ARCHIVE OF INTERVIEWS HIGHLIGHTING THE SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS AND EVERYDAY LIVES OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN MARYLAND. THE PROJECT WILL REACTIVATE AN ORAL HISTORY STUDIO THAT WAS EQUIPPED WITH RECORDING EQUIPMENT WHEN THE MUSEUM FIRST OPENED. MUSEUM STAFF WILL WORK WITH TWO INTERNS TO RESEARCH AND UPDATE AN EXISTING COLLECTION OF OVER 100 ORAL HISTORIES, AND AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL HELP TO IDENTIFY NEW INTERVIEW PROSPECTS. THE PROJECT WILL RESULT IN THE DIGITIZATION OF 112 ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED BETWEEN 2001-2002 AS WELL AS 50-75 NEW ORAL HISTORIES. THE MUSEUM WILL ENGAGE A VIDEOGRAPHER AND OTHER CONTRACTORS TO CONDUCT AND TRANSCRIBE THE INTERVIEWS AND TO CREATE A DEDICATED WEBPAGE WHICH WILL SERVE AS A REPOSITORY OF ORAL HISTORIES RELATED TO MARYLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY.

MUSEUM GRANTS AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE

MUSEUM GRANTS AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE

RESPONDING, RECOVERING AND THRIVING AFTER COVID-19: DIGITIZING THE FREEDOM BOUND EXHIBITION

THE REGINALD F. LEWIS MUSEUM OF MARYLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE WILL SUPPORT THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGING MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS BY CREATING OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH AND LEARN FROM AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM LEADERS. TO STRENGTHEN ITS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS, THE MUSEUM WILL ESTABLISH A PAID COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION INTERNSHIP. THE INTERN, SUPPORTED BY MUSEUM STAFF, WILL RECRUIT COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SERVE AS DOCENTS AND VOLUNTEERS. THE INTERN WILL DEVELOP TRAINING PROGRAMS BASED ON TRAUMA-INFORMED MUSEUM EDUCATION APPROACHES AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING TECHNIQUES, ENABLING DOCENTS AND VOLUNTEERS TO EFFECTIVELY ENGAGE THE MUSEUM’S DIVERSE VISITORS. BY PROVIDING THIS MEANINGFUL INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE, THE MUSEUM WILL STRENGTHEN ITS CAPACITY TO MEET VISITOR NEEDS AS WELL AS BUILD A PIPELINE OF INTERNS AND MUSEUM PRACTITIONERS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES.

TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATING COSTS IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. 

VOICES LIFTED: THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN MARYLAND [VOICES LIFTED: THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN MARYLAND, AN ORAL HISTORY PROJECT WILL DOCUMENT AND PRESERVE AFRICAN AMERICAN STORIES THROUGH THE ART AND PRACTICE OF ORAL HISTORY. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL PROVIDE BOTH AN ARCHIVE OF THE SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS OF INDIVIDUAL AFRICAN AMERICANS AND SUPPORT THE REGINALD F LEWIS MUSEUM (LEWIS MUSEUM) IN ACHIEVING A STRATEGIC GOAL AND COMMITMENT TO PRESERVE THE VISION AND MEMORIES OF THE MUSEUM?S FOUNDING BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS. THE LEWIS MUSEUM AIMS TO CREATE AN ORAL HISTORY ARCHIVE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC THAT WILL PROVIDE FIRST-PERSON PERSPECTIVES ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND PROVIDE THE DETAILS OF HOW THE LEWIS MUSEUM WAS STARTED.] [PURPOSE: TO DOCUMENT AND PRESERVE AFRICAN AMERICAN STORIES THROUGH ORAL HISTORY PROJECTS. THE FINAL PROJECT WILL CREATE A PUBLICLY-ACCESSIBLE ORAL HISTORY ARCHIVE THAT WILL PROVIDE FIRST-PERSON PERSPECTIVES ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND PROVIDE DETAILS OF HOW THE MUSEUM WAS STARTED.  ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: DIGITIZING OVER 100 PRE-EXISTING ORAL HISTORIES COLLECTED BEFORE THE MUSEUM OPENED, AS WELL AS COLLECTING 50-75 NEW ORAL HISTORIES FROM AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY LEADERS IN MARYLAND. FOR THE PRE-EXISTING ORAL HISTORIES, INTERNS WILL UPDATE THEIR ORAL HISTORIES BY IDENTIFYING AND COLLECTING ADDITIONAL HISTORIES FROM OTHER PEOPLE RELEVANT TO THE AREA. A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN WILL BE CARRIED OUT TO IDENTIFY PROMINENT MARYLANDERS, SPECIFICALLY AFRICAN AMERICANS, WHO COULD BE INTERVIEWED. AN ORAL HISTORY DAY WILL BE ORGANIZED TO BRING TOGETHER AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM AROUND THE STATE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE ORAL HISTORY PROJECT.  EXPECTED OUTCOMES: OVER 150 ORAL HISTORIES WILL BE MADE ACCESSIBLE VIA THE MUSEUM?S WEBSITE, WHICH WILL SERVE AS A REPOSITORY OF PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.   INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: SCHOLARS, STUDENTS, TEACHERS, MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS, MARYLAND HISTORIANS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. SPECIFICALLY, THE ORAL HISTORIES OF THE MUSEUM?S FOUNDING BOARD MEMBERS, ARCHITECTS, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS WILL BENEFIT MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS AND THOSE WHO ASPIRE TO OPEN A MUSEUM DEDICATED TO AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IN THEIR COMMUNITY.  SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THIS RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO DISTRIBUTE SUBAWARD FUNDS. ]