The latest issue of Forum Journal captures the proceedings from PastForward Online 2021 . The theme for the 2021 conference was Lead the Change , which shares a name with the National Impact Agenda for the preservation movement. In the introduction, Katherine Malone-France, chief...
On April 28, 2022, the National Trust submitted testimony to the House Natural Resources subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands in support of the Historic Preservation Enhancement Act (H.R. 6589) and the African American Burial Grounds Preservation Act (H.R. 6805). ...
National Trust for Historic Preservation Statement for the Record_NPFPL Subcommittee_HR6589_HR6805.pdf
On May 11, 2022, the National Trust submitted testimony to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources subcommittee on National Parks in support of the African American Burial Grounds Preservation Act (S. 3667) and the New Philadelphia National Historical Park Act (S. 3141). #testimony #Advocacy...
NTHP Comments - SENR SubCom Hearing - May 2022.pdf
Part of our series on expanding the narrative of Brown v. Board of Education. This webinar took place on May 17, 2022. As part of the work of the National Trust for Historic Preservation's African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund , we are commemorating the 68th anniversary of Brown v....
Slideshow BvB TEP Center.pdf
Although most commonly associated with Topeka, Kansas—now home to the National Park Service’s Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site—Brown v. Board of Education was actually a portfolio of cases drawn from five communities. On September 17, 2020, the National Trust launched the Brown...
Forum Webinar_BrownvBoard.pdf
This webinar took place on March 30, 2022 As part of the work of the National Trust’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, the Trust has been working to expand the narrative around the Supreme Court case that came to be known as Brown v. Board of Education. While often thought of...
BvB A Tale of 3 Delaware Schools (March 30, 2022) SlideDeck.pdf
For 26 years George W. McDaniel served as the executive director of Drayton Hall, a National Trust Historic Site located in Charleston, South Carolina. Drayton Hall is an 18th-century unrestored plantation house established by John Drayton, a white man whose wealth came from more than 100...
During a 2021 interview I did with author and poet Clint Smith , we discussed the origin of the title of his book How the Word is Passed. In that conversation he said, “For many people, history is not about empirical evidence. It is not about primary source documents. It is about a story that...
I n 2019, Color of Change , the country’s largest online racial justice organization, raised important issues regarding the practice of hosting weddings and other celebrations at historic slave plantation sites. In response, the National Trust for Historic Preservation hosted in December 2020...
In 2019, Color of Change , the country’s largest online racial justice organization, raised important issues regarding the practice of hosting weddings and other celebrations at historic slave plantation sites. In response, the National Trust for Historic Preservation hosted in December 2020...
Plantation Weddings Syllabus 2020.pdf