FAMU professor awarded NEH grant to teach K-12 teachers Black history

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FAMU was recently awarded a $175,000 grant from the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) to develop a new two-week, history focused institute for K-12 educators.
 
The project will be directed by Darius J. Young, Ph.D , FAMU associate professor of history, in collaboration with the Children’s Defense Fund.
 
FAMU is one of 37 institutions nationwide awarded a NEH summer seminar, institutes and workshop grant.
 
While the project is currently in the development phase, Young said he and Kristal Moore Clemons, Ph.D., national director of CDF's Freedom Schools and co-director of the project, are excited to bring awareness to the topic and to host the institute at Alex Haley's farm-owned by the CDF-in Clinton, Tennessee next summer.
 
"It's symbolic because of the topic, and helpful in learning about the Clinton 12, which I currently teach, and others who were just trying to get an education, Young said.
 
CDF focuses on eliminating inequities among economically disadvantaged children, children of color and those with disabilities, by collaborating with federal and state governments to create and implement policy reform.
 
"It's important we continue to be at the forefront of these conversations pertaining to civil rights and the Black freedom struggle," said Young.