$4 Million Awarded to Help Protect 31 Historic Black Churches in U.S. - The Tennessee Tribune

$4 Million Awarded to Help Protect 31 Historic Black Churches in U.S. - The Tennessee Tribune

By Jessica Pumphrey National (TN Tribune)-National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is awarding $4 million in its second round of Preserving Black Churches grants to 31 historic Black churches across the U.S. Notably, two of the churches selected for grants are located in Tennessee. Henderson Chapel AME Zion Church in Rutledge, built in 1890, served as a center of cultural activity throughout the …