Previous Awards

Grants Awarded: 2009-10 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005

Georgia Humanities Council Grants Awarded in 2008

Special Program Grants

Spanish Language and Cultural Classes
Columbia County Public Library, Evans, $2,000

2008 Henry Green Symposium: A Colorful Past, Decorative Arts of Georgia Special Session on Painted Furniture
University of Georgia/Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, 2,000

A Symposium: Garifuna Popular Music and Arts as Identity
Georgia State University, Atlanta, $1,800

Regional Medievalism Conference
Wesleyan College, Macon, $2,000

Preserving History: Behind the Scenes at the Augusta Museum of History
Augusta Museum of History, Augusta, $1,926

Flannery O'Connor and Harper Lee: A Tale of Two Writers
Brunswick- Glynn County Library, Brunswick, $2,000

Roswell Reads 2008
Friends of the Roswell Library, Roswell, $2,000

Lorenzo Dow Turner
Hog Hammock Public Library, Hog Hammock, $2,000

Ashley Bryan Children's Literature Conference and Festival
Atlanta-Fulton Public Library, Atlanta, $2,000

Georgia's Presidents and Presidential Politics
Coastal Georgia Historical Society, St. Simons Island, $2,000

History is All Relative
Lee County Library, Leesburg, $500

Teacher Enrichment Grants

The Educator's Guide to Fort King George
Fort King George Historic Site, Darien, $10,000

The Civil War in Georgia
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, $9,996

Heritage Education Teacher's Workshop
Thomasville Landmarks, Thomasville, $4,989

Critical Approaches to Teaching African American Literature
Georgia State University, Atlanta, $1,900

United States Economic History for the Georgia Elementary Curriculum
Georgia Council on Economic Education, Atlanta, $7,000

PLU Course and Third Grade Tour Program
Michael C. Carlos Museum/Emory University, Atlanta , $7,000

Civil Rights Movement Teacher Enrichment Course
Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, $7,000

Bringing Southeast Georgia History and Culture Alive
Georgia Southern University Research and Service Foundation, Statesboro
$4,000

Middle Eastern Economies in Transition
Southern Center for International Studies, $4,000

Public Program Grants

Moultrie's Sesquicentennial: A Pilot for Commemoration Celebration Manual for Georgia Cities and Counties
Carl Vinson Institute of Government/UGA, Athens, $7,022

Community Enrichment Program
Better Hometown Task Force, Dawson, $3,925

People and Stories/Gente y Cuentos
Gwinnett County Public Library, Lawrenceville, $3,700

Black Poets Lean South: A Cave Canem Symposium
University of Georgia, Athens, $7,500

The Learning Center at Senior Citizens, Inc.
Senior Citizens, Inc., $7,500

Ellen Craft Lecture Series: The Rise of Prominent African American Leaders in Macon - Reconstruction to the 20th Century
Tubman African American Museum, Macon, $7,000

Remarkable Women of Franklin County Public Program
A Greater Lavonia Community, Inc., Lavonia, $6,000

Exploring Ancient Nubia through Archaeology
Savannah State University, Savannah, $6,000

Gullah-Geechee: An Enduring Culture
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, $6,000

Movies with a Mission
Sankofa Spirit, Atlanta, $5,000

Philanthropy and Faith Series
Foundation Center - Atlanta, Atlanta, $5,000

Scottish Heritage Festival at Darien
Fort King George Historic Site, Darien, $3,500

Looking Back and Remembering: WWII Veterans' Voices From Southern Georgia
Valdosta State University, Valdosta, $3,000

The Stories of Flannery and Faulkner
Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, $3,000

Mockingbird: The Book, the Movie, the Legend
Statesboro Regional Library, Statesboro, $3,000

Waddie Welcome Archive
Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, $6,060

Preserving Our Legacy: Swamp Gravy Oral History Project
Colquitt Miller Arts Council, Colquitt, $6,600

381 Days: The Montgomery Bus Boycott - Smithsonian Exhibit
Chattahoochee Valley Regional Library System, $10,000

Boyhood Home of President Woodrow Wilson Interpretive Exhibits Project
Historic Augusta, Augusta, $9,135

Gwinnett Reading Festival
Gwinnett County Public Library, Lawrenceville, $9,150

Creatively Speaking with Wynton Marsalis, Dr. Cornel West and Carrie Mae Weems
National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, $10,000

Highlander Center: 75 Years of Working for Justice
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, Athens, $6,740

Azalea International Cultural Experience
Valdosta Asian Cultural Experience, Valdosta, $10,000

Sixth Annual symposium: World Heritage in Perspective
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, $7,500

Unbossed and Unbought: The Opening of the Hosea Williams Papers
Auburn Avenue Research Library, Atlanta, $10,000

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