[Publib] "Pride and Passion: The African American Baseball Experience" - Apply by April 4!

[Angela Thullen]

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library
Association (ALA) Public Programs Office are now accepting applications
for "Pride and Passion: The African American Baseball Experience," a
traveling exhibition telling the story of black baseball players in the
U.S. over the past century and a half.  

"Pride and Passion" is based upon a permanent exhibition of the same
name on display at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum,
Cooperstown, N.Y.  The National Endowment for the Humanities provided
major funding to the ALA Public Programs Office for the traveling
exhibition. 

Librarians applying to host "Pride and Passion" in their public,
academic or special library must register their institution at
www.grants.gov. Prospective applicants are advised to register with
Grants.gov as soon as possible, as the process can take up to two weeks
to complete.  The application and guidelines for "Pride and Passion" and
complete instructions for registering and applying through
www.grants.gov may be found at
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/SGL_PrideAndPassion.html. Online
applications must be completed by April 4, 2008.  Applications may not
be submitted through ALA.

Successful applicants will host the 1,000 square foot exhibit for six
weeks and receive a $2,500 grant from NEH for attendance at an exhibit
planning workshop and other exhibit-related expenses.   Participating
libraries are expected to present at least two free public programs
featuring a lecture or discussion by a qualified scholar on exhibition
themes.  All showings of the exhibition must be free and open to the
public. 

Baseball is one of America's central institutions, and it has long
reflected the complicated and painful history of race in the United
States.  The story of African Americans in baseball is a remarkable and
fascinating slice of American history, displaying the failures of the
greater American society in solving the racial problems resulting from
slavery, the Civil War and the confusion of Reconstruction. Through a
cultural timeline of American history which will be part of the "Pride
and Passion" exhibit, visitors will be able to place the African
American baseball story into the larger context of American history. 

For more information about "Pride and Passion: The African American
Baseball Experience," visit www.ala.org/publicprograms.

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ALA Public Programs Office
http://www.ala.org/publicprograms
publicprograms at ala.org
800/545-2433, extension 5045