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DocuSign Envelope ID:8A9250C3-1D27-4BE6-8313-3BDC6F1DEE89 <br /> 5. Draft text for labels for images,artifacts and other supplemental text; confirm sources/credits <br /> a) Revise/edit draft text as needed <br /> b) Prepare final text for review by community group, County and exhibit designer <br /> 6. Ideas/concepts for exhibit suggested by community stakeholders: <br /> • Timeline showing history of old Cedar Grove Negro School, starting with evolution of small one- <br /> room schools in area, moving forward through history of building school, up to present day use <br /> as the new community center <br /> • the context of the old school system and the many one room and two room schools that served <br /> the community;the educational history of those facilities <br /> • the story of how the Cedar Grove Negro School came into being; the tireless work by local <br /> African American community leaders over 15 years to get their new school; the Vincent family <br /> who sold the land for the school; and the work of principals and teachers who made the new <br /> school a great success <br /> • the larger story of the African American community that lived and farmed the land in the Cedar <br /> Grove Township—a community of prosperous farmers descended from slaves-holding township <br /> during the antebellum period;this theme could include farm life/work on the farm; work at <br /> home; churches and their central role for community; country stores <br /> • School life for children and teachers/principals <br /> • Last years of school operation/civil rights era/desegregation/eventual closing of school in 1969. <br />