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Is the person in <br />charge of this <br />program or project <br />different from the <br />Authorizing Official? <br />Yes <br />Project Director <br />Name <br />Glenn Hinson <br />Project Director Title Assoc. Professor of Anthropology & American Studies, UNC-CH <br />Project Director <br />Phone <br />919-451-3950 <br />Project Director <br />Email <br />glenn@unc.edu <br />W hat are you <br />requesting funding <br />for? <br />A specific program or project <br />Project/Program <br />Summary <br />W e propose creating a set of movable mounted banners to accompany a <br />display of soils collected from the sites of racial terror lynchings in Orange <br />County. These retractable banner stands will feature both text and design <br />elements, briefly telling the stories of those who were murdered while <br />charting local Black communities’ resistance and commitment to liberation. <br />Since 2018, OCCRC members have worked with professional historians, <br />journalists, librarians, descendants, and genealogy specialists to document <br />and share the history of lynchings in Orange County. W e have used oral <br />histories, newspaper articles, and archival records to learn about the <br />individuals involved—their families and descendants, their homesteads, <br />churches and cemeteries, and the likely locations of the lynchings. <br />For each victim of racial terror lynching in our community, we have filled <br />two jars with soil from the site of their murder. W e’ve delivered one set of <br />jars to the Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Museum in Alabama. The <br />second set will stay with us in Orange County. Those jars are housed in a <br />cabinet built for that purpose, currently on display at Chapel Hill Public <br />Library. <br />This project will allow OCCRC to complete the next phase of the work: <br />collaborating with a local artist to design a set of banners to accompany <br />the jars here in Orange County, adding much-needed historical context to <br />the soil’s mute testimony. Project funding will also cover the banners’ <br />fabrication. The banners and cabinet display will form a mobile exhibit that <br />can be displayed at various sites throughout Orange County. <br />Project Start Date <br />(no earlier than July <br />1, 2024) <br />August 15, 2024 <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 5C6A01E1-DC9B-4C6D-A69F-25955310CCCC