Projects examining Richmond’s history win $16M in funding


              A small park marks the location of the Lumpkin's Slave Jail near downtown Monday, July 27, 2020, in Richmond, Va. Richmond, Virginia, has secured an $11 million philanthropic donation to build a new interpretive center city officials hope will someday be part of an ambitious, long-envisioned memorial campus honoring the memory of enslaved people. Richmond’s grant is among more than $16 million in total funding The Mellon Foundation is providing to recipients in the former Confederate capital for projects that are “examining, preserving and reimagining” its “rich historical narratives.” (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
            
              FILE - A historical marker is embedded in the walkway near the Lumpkin Jail historical site at the Slave Burial Ground, March 31, 2014. Richmond, Virginia, has secured an $11 million philanthropic donation to build a new interpretive center city officials hope will someday be part of an ambitious, long-envisioned memorial campus honoring the memory of enslaved people. Richmond’s grant is among more than $16 million in total funding The Mellon Foundation is providing to recipients in the former Confederate capital for projects that are “examining, preserving and reimagining” its “rich historical narratives.” (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
            
              FILE - Work crews work to remove the statue of confederate general Stonewall Jackson, Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in Richmond, Va. Richmond, Virginia, has secured an $11 million philanthropic donation to build a new interpretive center city officials hope will someday be part of an ambitious, long-envisioned memorial campus honoring the memory of enslaved people. Richmond’s grant is among more than $16 million in total funding The Mellon Foundation is providing to recipients in the former Confederate capital for projects that are “examining, preserving and reimagining” its “rich historical narratives.” (AP Photo/Steve Helber, file)
Projects examining Richmond’s history win $16M in funding