November 15, 2017: National Trust for Historic Preservation announces the launch of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund.
$3 million of the proposed $25 million fund has been pledged. The fund will be guided by" ... an advisory panel that includes names like Lonnie Bunch, director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture; Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, chairwoman of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History; actress Phylicia Rashad; and U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala."
