State and Local Endorsements and Grants

• Endorsed as a Missouri 2021 Bicentennial Project by the State Historical Society of Missouri.

• Honored with a $2500 grant from the Missouri Humanities Council, the only statewide agency in Missouri devoted exclusively to humanities education for citizens of all ages.

• Endorsed as a Missouri Bicentennial project by Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area.

• Honored with a $3500 grant by Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area.

• Honored with the Major Arts Grant of $5000 by the Liberty Arts Commission for the Sankofa sculpture.

• Honored with a $4500 grant from the Hallmark Charitable Affairs Committee.

• Honored with a $15,000 grant from the UAW Local 249.

• Honored with a $15,000 grant from the William T. Kemper Foundation, Commerce Bank Trustee.

• Honored with a $5000 grant by Ford Motor Company Fund

• Registered as a Black cemetery and burial site with The Black Cemetery Network.

We are grateful for our partners who are dedicated to helping us bring this project to life and spread the word to our communities: