Funding for this research and curriculum project came from the Center for Children’s Books at the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Additional financial support was provided by Alabama Public Humanities.
Thank you to the Center for Children’s Books research assistants, who were indispensable to the creation of this site: Joshua Altshuler (lead student researcher), Mia Walter (lead curriculum developer), Christina Sallis, and Helen Salkheld.
For research assistance and permission to use resources
* Alabama Department of Archives and History
* Kettering University Library & Special Collections (especially Melanie Bazil, Curator of Special Collections and Dina Mein, Ph.D., University Librarian)
* Genesee Historical Collections Center at University of Michigan-Flint’s Frances Willson Thompson Library (especially Callum Carr, Assistant Archivist)
* The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
* Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Library
* The Sloan Museum of Discovery
* The Library of Michigan (especially Kendel Joy Darragh, Reference Librarian)
* The Flint Journal (MLive)
* Karen A. D. Burton and the Davis family, for sharing family photographs and stories
For ongoing support and collaboration
* The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (especially Samantha Briggs, Ph.D., Vice President of Education and Charles Woods, III, Education Director)
* Ruth Mott Foundation/Applewood (especially Renee Saba, Manager of Education Programs)
* Flint Public Library (especially Kay Schwartz, Executive Director and Leslie Acevedo, Director of Library Operations)
* The St. John’s Street Historical Committee
Additional thanks to
* Lisa Daniels, Teacher-Ranger-Teacher, Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument (2021)
* Sara Benson, J.D., copyright Librarian and Associate Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
* Voices from the Field contributors
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service