Tuskegee Human and Civil Rights Multicultural Center enhancement
A town’s human and civil rights and multicultural center seeks to address long-deferred and necessary repairs as well as enhance areas around special exhibits. The improvements will ensure it continues to preserve, promote, and make the town’s history readily to current and future generations of residents and college students—and to use that history as an inspiration to those exposed to it.
Why It Matters
The Tuskegee History Center is a point of entry for visitors and a ‘face’ of the community that inspires pride and involvement. But over the last 20 years, there has been a lot of deferred maintenance as well as new issues that come with an aging building. In order to preserve and continue honoring the rich history of Tuskegee and its dedication to African American education, the building is in dire need of exterior repair and interior upgrades like HVAC, plumbing and electrical improvements.
These enhancements will allow the community to continue to present its history as an inspiration to locals and the world of the great people and things that can come from a small hometown.
The Impact
“This project is important to me because I grew up in this community, as it was a place of tremendous pride and excellence in African American education,” said project nominator and Center employee, Deborah Gray. “This project to repair and enhance the Tuskegee History Center is important as Tuskegee’s history is America’s history, rural America’s history, and southern history. The Center preserves, promotes and makes the town’s history readily available to the public."
There is a brighter future ahead, built on a strong foundation of rich history, especially significant African American contributions to state and national history – one of our community’s greatest assets. We have stories to share with the world, and we want our town to be a welcoming place that makes our citizens proud and our visitors engaged and impressed.
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