The Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission has been awarded $100,000 in federal funding through the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Rep. Brian Higgins announced Monday.
Higgins said in a statement that the funding will support the commission’s interpretative plan for sharing the history of the nationally and internationally renowned Michigan Street Corridor.
“Collaboration between the individual partners is building new opportunities for an active corridor that engages the community and drives tourism,” said Higgins.
The African American History and Cultural grant that was awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services is one of only 34 such federal grants it has awarded nationwide, according to Terry Alford, executive director of the Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission.
Fifteen years after state lawmakers designated the area around four historic Black cultural institutions as part of the Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor, a new headquarters and visitor center for the district formally opened Wednesday.
“The funds we will receive from this award is a gamechanger in our continued effort to share those unique stories and people emblematic of 185 years…
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