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Home My WebLink AboutCRA-R-05-0054 Back-upDEC-14-2005 12:07 FROM:THE BLACK ARCHIVES H (305)636-2391 TO:993056796835 P.2'4 • • THE BLACK ARCHIVES, HISTORY AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF SOUTH FLORIDA, INC. Joseph Caleb Community Center 5400 N.W. 22"d Avenue, Building C, Suite 101 Miami, Florida 33142 Telephone (305) 636-2390 or Fax (305) 636-2391 www.theblackarchives.org December 14, 2005 Mr. Frank Rollason Executive Director SEOPW CRA 49 NW 51" Street, Suite 100 Miami, FL 33128 Re: Request for Grant in the Amount of $35,000 to Support the "In Motion" Exhibit by The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the Lyric Theater from February through May 2006, Dear Mr. Rollason: The Black Archives, History and Research Foundation of South Florida, Inc. requests the assistance of the South East Overtown Park West CRA with funding the exhibition, In Motion: The African -American Migration Experience from The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the nation's foremost research library devoted to documenting the experiences of peoples of African descent throughout the world. This project involves the following; • The Black Archives will bring an extraordinary exhibit to Miami entitled, In Motion: The African -American Migration Experience. Through images, maps and photographs, In Motion tells the story of the 13 migrations that have shaped the experience of Black people in this country, including, the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the Great Migration; Caribbean Migration, the Return to the South Migration and Haitian Immigration. The exhibit will be shown from February through May, 2006 (Black History Month through Haitian Heritage Month) in the new lobby of the Lyric Theater. • Teacher workshops and educational kits for In Motion and tours for Miami -Dade school children. • Community workshops and discussions. We are requesting $35,000 to assist in paying for the exhibition. A project budget is attached, and additional funding is being sought from the school board, the Convention and Visitors Bureau and corporate sponsors. DEC-14-2005 12:E77 FROM:THE SLACK ARCHIVES H C305)636--2391 TO:993E15Ee796E35 • • • In Motion has the potential to bring a new sense of understanding between the rich cultures of our community. We greatly appreciate any assistance the CRA is capable of providing and look forward to working with you. Please call me at 305-636-2317 if you have any additional questions. Sincerely, ind'a Logan Chief Executive Officer Enc. DEC-14-2005 12:07 FRDM:THE BLACK ARCHIVES H (305)536-2391 TO:993056796235 P.4/4 Schomburg Black Archives • The Schomburg Center and The Black Archives In Motion - Miami Exhibit Draft Budget — 12/14/05 Design Consultation $3,000.00 Consultant fee & travel Exhibition fee $75,000.00 Fabrication & installation $15,000.00 On -site coordinator school outreach, exhibition tours, programs Exhibition insurance Exhibition security Marketing $90,000.00 The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture The New York Public Library • IS PROUD TO PRESENT k's% IN MOTION THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN I. MIGRATION EXPERIENCE The Transatlantic Slave Trade: Between the 1500s and the 1860s, at least 12 million Africans were sent to the Americas. About half a million arrived in the United States. This brutal forced migration changed forever the face and character of the modern world. Runaway Journeys: Tens of thousands of people fled the horrors of slavery every year. Most were captured, but thousands of resourceful runaways succeeded in taking refuge in cities, maroon communities, the North, Canada, and Mexico. The Domestic Slave Trade: With the expansion of slavery westward, the domestic slave trade that had started in the 1760s continued until the end of the Civil War. At the cost of immense human suffering, it displaced 1.2 million people from the Atlantic states to the Deep South. Colonization/Emigration: In the 19th century, tens of thousands of African Americans in search of the freedom and opportunities they believed were out of reach in their own country chose to emigrate. They settled in Liberia, Canada, Haiti, Mexico, and Trinidad. Haitian Immigration—l8th and 19th Centuries: Following the slave uprising in Saint Domingue and the independence of the island, several thousand enslaved and free people arrived in the United States between 1791 and 1809. Their influence was deeply felt in Louisiana. Western Migration: After Reconstruction, African Americans disillusioned with the Jim Crow South and attracted by land and jobs migrated west to Kansas, Oklahoma, the Great Plains, and Califor- nia. Many of these pioneers settled on home- steads or in all -black towns. Northern Migration: In the 19th century, most free people left the South and migrated to the northern states in search of a better life. They clustered in small communities in the larger cities and helped establish the foundations of the black urban North. The Great Migration: Some 1.5 million people moved north between 1916 and 1930 during the Great Migration when the war industry of- fered industrial jobs to African Americans. Thus began the transformation of the African -Ameri- can population from a predominantly rural to a predominantly urban people. The Second Great Migration: The Second Great Migration, between 1940 and 1970, brought 5 million black Southerners North and West. By 1970, 47 percent of the nation's African Amer- icans lived outside the South, and more than 80 percent were urban. Caribbean Immigration: A large number of peo- ple from the British West Indies have migrated to the United States since 1900 and the move- ment is still going on. Today, more than 1.5 mil- lion Afro-Caribbeans represent close to 5 per- cent of the black population. Return South: Since the 1970s, the country has witnessed a reverse migration of African Ameri- cans to the desegregated South as prospects for blacks improved in the region. Today twice as many African Americans move back to the South than Southerners migrate north and west. Haitian Immigration---20th Century: Haitian immigration entered the American public con- sciousness as boatloads of people fleeing politi- cal persecution and economic disaster landed on Florida's shores. Today, at least 750,000 Haitian immigrants live in the United States, mostly in Florida and New York. African Immigration: More than half a million people born in sub-Saharan Africa have recently migrated to the United States. Dispersed through- out the country, this highly educated group repre- sents almost 2 percent of the black population. THE WEB SITE A one -of -a -kind site for students, teachers, scholars, and the general public. With 16,500 pages of essays, books, articles, and manuscripts, 8,300 images, lesson plans, maps, and music. Coming January 2005 www. sc h om b u rgc enter, org THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH KIT An exceptional resource for schools. Includes illustrations, maps, a poster, and a bibliography. Coming in October THE BOOK A landmark work of cultural history. With 150 full -color and black -and -white illustrations, four maps and 224 pages. A Schomburg Center and National Geographic Book Coming January 2005 THE EXHIBIT A unique interactive exhibit: Schomburg Center, 515 Malcolm X Blvd,, New York, NY February to April 2005 For exhibit hours and other public programs, visit us at www.schomburgcenter.org In Motion: The African -American Migration Experience was made possible by a grant from the Congressional Black Caucus administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services www.schomburgcenter.org