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... educational opportunities for black Americans from all parts of our country . Mr. Chairman , the proposed Center for Afro - American History and Culture in Wilberforce , Ohio has the total support of the many interested and affected ...
... educational opportunities for black Americans from all parts of our country . Mr. Chairman , the proposed Center for Afro - American History and Culture in Wilberforce , Ohio has the total support of the many interested and affected ...
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... educational effort were Salmon P. Chase , Justice of the Supreme Court ; Charles Avery , educational benefactor ; Gerrit Smith , wealthy abolitionist and General Oliver Howard , head of the Freedmen's Bureau , among others . The ...
... educational effort were Salmon P. Chase , Justice of the Supreme Court ; Charles Avery , educational benefactor ; Gerrit Smith , wealthy abolitionist and General Oliver Howard , head of the Freedmen's Bureau , among others . The ...
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... educational program . Today , these two schools perpetuate the Black historical tradition that began more than 120 years ago , when the Underground Railroad made Tawawa Springs one of its way - stations in transporting approximately ...
... educational program . Today , these two schools perpetuate the Black historical tradition that began more than 120 years ago , when the Underground Railroad made Tawawa Springs one of its way - stations in transporting approximately ...
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... educational focus within a day's drive of the most concentrated part of the U.S. population which would create an increased public awareness ( among both Black and White ) of Afro - American participation in , and contributions to , the ...
... educational focus within a day's drive of the most concentrated part of the U.S. population which would create an increased public awareness ( among both Black and White ) of Afro - American participation in , and contributions to , the ...
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... educational institutions , where there is already a com- mitment by the State of Ohio to a museum . I am straining to get the answers to that and my own logic and would be more than happy to have any help you can contribute to my ...
... educational institutions , where there is already a com- mitment by the State of Ohio to a museum . I am straining to get the answers to that and my own logic and would be more than happy to have any help you can contribute to my ...
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administration Afro Afro-American Museum Air Force Museum appropriate Atlanta Avenue bill Bishop black Americans Black History Museum building C. J. McLin CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY Caucus Center for Social Center of Afro-American Central State University Chairman Charles Young Congress Congressman Brown County Chapter Culture at Wilberforce Culture Planning Council Drive educational effort establish a National exhibition facility feasibility and suitability funds Georgia Governmental Affairs Greene County hearing History and Culture Interior legislation Link Martin Luther King McStallworth million museum at Wilberforce Museum of Afro-American N.W. Washington National Center National Historic Site National Museum National Park Service Ohio General Assembly operation organizations P.O. Box Payne Theological Seminary Philadelphia President proposed Regional Planning Representative BROWN Road Secretary Senator GLENN significance Smithsonian Institution TAYLOR testimony Thank tion TOBIN Underground Railroad United UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Wilberforce area Wilberforce community Wilberforce University Xenia Young home
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Page 21 - Washington, in whosesoever custody the same may be, shall be delivered to such persons as may be authorized by the Board of Regents to receive them, and shall be arranged in such order, and so classed, as best to facilitate the examination and study of them, in the building so as aforesaid to be erected for the Institution...
Page 24 - July 31. 1876, appreciating this fact, placed at the disposal of the Institution the Armory building, between Sixth and Seventh streets, to enable it to store therein and to take care of the extensive series of the ores, of the precious metals, marbles, building stones, coals, and numerous objects of natural history then on exhibition in Philadelphia, including other objects of practical and economical value presented by various foreign Governments, and. appropriated the sum of $i,500 for repairing...
Page 114 - It is envisioned that property maintained in a manner compatible with the historic site would not be acquired unless it proved necessary for preservation, interpretation and administration of the area. We want much of the area to remain a residential area, on the tax rolls. A nine-member advisory commission composed of representatives of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Social Change, the Governor of the State of Georgia, the mayor of the city of Atlanta, and the Secretary of the Interior,...
Page 78 - Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. 1734 New Hampshire Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20009...
Page 21 - That, in proportion as suitable arrangements can be made for their reception, all objects of art and of foreign and curious research, and all objects of natural history, plants, and geological and mineralogical specimens, belonging or hereafter to belong, to the United States, which may be in the city of Washington, in whosesoever custody the same may be, shall be delivered to such persons as may be authorized by the Board of Regents to receive them...
Page 24 - ... natural history then on exhibition in Philadelphia, including other objects of practical. and economical value presented by various foreign Governments, and appropriated the sum of $4,500 for repairing and fitting it up for the purpose. In addition to this Congress appropriated, March 3, 1877, $25,000 for the expenses of receiving, packing, and transporting the objects presented to the United States at the Centennial by State and foreign Governments and for properly storing and preserving them...
Page 26 - It is therefore much to be desired that the means be furnished at an early day for the construction of this building, so that the rich material now belonging to the United States Government can be utilized. It is believed that when properly arranged the National Museum of the United States will take rank as one of the great industrial and economical displays of the natural resources of the globe. The accommodation will then be afforded for the exhibition of the mineral wealth of every State and Territory,...
Page 26 - H. 2662. (See January 21, 1878, House proceedings.) Mr. JOHN R. EDEN made a point of order that the bill should receive first consideration in the Committee of the Whole. The Speaker (Mr. SAMUEL J. RANDALL) sustained the point of order, as the bill contained an appropriation. Bill referred to Committee of the Whole and placed on the public calendar. May 27. 1878— Senate. Mr. JUSTIN S. MORRILL introduced bill (S.
Page 112 - ACCEPTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ON MAY 2, 1974, AND INCLUDES THE PROPOSED NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE AND THE PROPOSED PRESERVATION DISTRICT. ITS SIGNIFICANCE WAS FURTHER RECOGNIZED IN 1977, WHEN SECRETARY ANDRUS DESIGNATED IT AS A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK. WE HAVE BEEN STUDYING THE SUITABILITY AND FEASIBILITY OF THIS AREA OVER A PERIOD OF MANY MONTHS. THE PROPOSED NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE WOULD ENCOMPASS 23.5 ACRES GENERALLY BOUNDED BY JACKSON, EDGEWOOD. HOWELL AND OLD WHEAT STREETS....
Page 32 - The designation of the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Museum and National Archives for Black Women's History as a NatIoanl Historic Landmak will guarantee certain protections under the Historic Preservation Act of 1966.