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Action Fund / Ways to Help

Stand with Black history.

When you support the Action Fund, you stand with the Black community in honoring places of African American history. Thank you for learning, listening and acting on behalf of Black history.

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Take the pledge

Join the movement to protect places like Nina Simone's and Pauli Murray's homes, the A.G. Gaston Motel and Clayborn Temple.

Pledge →
02

Share a story

Tell us about a place that has shaped your life, and use #TellTheFullStory.

Share →
03

Look around you

Find places in your community whose stories have been overlooked, and bring in your local preservation organization.

Nominate a place →
04

Volunteer

Lend your professional expertise to the work of the Action Fund.

Volunteer →
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Give

Fund the preservation of the places where Black history happened.

Give →

Every gift keeps a place standing.

The Action Fund marks a major step forward in how we save and sustain historic African American places. Your gift funds the grants, crews and research behind that work.

400+
projects supported
$57M+
in national grants since 2018

The National Trust is a 501(c)(3). Gifts are tax-deductible as allowed by law.

I will help tell the full American story.

Add your name to protect and restore the places where significant African American history happened.