BALTIMORE, MD (WEAA) —Morgan State University and seven other Historically Black Colleges and Universities will receive more than $650,000 in grants to protect and preserve their historic campuses, buildings and landscape.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is supplying the grants through its HBCU Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative.
Officials with the nonprofit say, the Initiative seeks to ensure “these academic institutions and symbols of African American pride are preserved to inspire and educate future generations”.
Other recipients of the grants include:
- Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina
- Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi
- Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee
- Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas
- Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia
- Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama
