How to Sue the Klan: A Story of Resilience and Justice
In late April 1980, racially-motivated violence changed the lives of five Black women in Chattanooga. A local Ku Klux Klan leader driving two other Klansmen fired through their car’s open…
Tag: Grants
$100,000+ Awarded to 14 Tennessee Organizations
Humanities Tennessee makes funding investments in all three Grand Divisions of the state to support the efforts of cultural, educational, and community-based organizations providing public humanities programs. The grant funds…
Now Accepting Grant Applications
Later this spring, Humanities Tennessee will award a total of $100,000 to support public humanities projects across the state. The first step in the process is to request access to…
Public Humanities Programs: What’s Next?
Since June 2021, we have featured eight blog stories about the impact of the SHARP grant funding in communities throughout Tennessee. The nearly one million dollars awarded to 91 organizations…
Cultural Sector Pandemic Recovery
When Congress passed the American Rescue Plan in March 2021, the goal was imbedded in the name. For Tennessee cultural organizations, having to close the doors for nearly two years…
Our Environment and the Humanities: Hill’s Island
In 2021, TennGreen Land Conservancy gifted Hill’s Island to the Cumberland River Compact (The Compact) to steward this 20-acre parcel of land, located in The Compact’s namesake watershed. From the…
Discovering and Celebrating Unsung Stories
Our story inclusion series continued throughout July exploring how Tennessee organizations are engaging communities in creative ways to share untold stories. We delved into ways that exhibits and programs are…
Myth Busting from the Mississippi to the Mountains
AN INTRODUCTION At the core of Humanities Tennessee’s mission is sharing the stories of our state. We accomplish this together: in partnership with community-based organizations, through public programs, and with…
American Recovery Plan Grants Available
Humanities Tennessee is pleased to announce grants from the Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP), made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the $1.9…
Spring 2021 General Grant Recipients Announced
Humanities TN makes funding investments in all three Grand Divisions of the state to support the efforts of cultural, educational, and community-based organizations providing public humanities programs. The grant funds…