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- National Register of Historic Places Program
HBCU Grant Recipients in the National Register of Historic Places
- Type: Article
- Offices: National Register of Historic Places Program
HBCU
- Type: Article
- Locations: Antietam National Battlefield, Catoctin Mountain Park, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, more ยป
- Offices: Resource Stewardship & Science - Region 1 NCA
In the Reconstruction period following the Civil War, newly freed African Americans faced monumental challenges to establish their own households, farm their own lands, establish community institutions and churches, and to pursue equal justice under the law in a period of racist violence. A new NPS report presents the story of the extraordinary accomplishments of rural African Americans in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.
- Oregon Caves National Monument & Preserve
Agnes Baker-Pilgrim
- Type: Article
- Locations: Oregon Caves National Monument & Preserve
Before her death on November 27, 2019 at the age of 95, Agnes Baker-Pilgrim was the oldest living member of the Takelma Tribe.1 Better known as Grandma Aggie, Baker-Pilgrim was deeply committed to her role as a tribal elder.
- Homestead National Historical Park
Freeman School Landscape
- Type: Article
- Locations: Homestead National Historical Park
The one-room Freeman Schoolhouse, built in 1871, represents the history and role of American public education in relation to the westward expansion of the United States during the 1800s and early 1900s. The school is also significant for its role in the Nebraska Supreme Court decision that religious instruction during school hours violated the separation of church and state. The schoolhouse provided the residents of Gage County with a versatile social space until 1967.
Last updated: February 5, 2019