As generations change and change moves through these families, we lose an understanding of the importance of that type of history,” said Leggs, the executive director for the African American Cultural Action Heritage Fund.
Cecil Williams' vision gives South Carolina its only civil rights museum
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With its partners, the Andrew Mellon Foundation and the Fund II Foundation, Leggs said an additional $5 million in funding has been secured for specialized preservation of the sites.
For Emmett Till's family, national monument proclamation cements his inclusion in the American story
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