Pollard Hall was built in 1916 and served as an administrative center for visitors, a meeting place for major figures in Black education and a home for several university presidents.
The funding is part of a $9.7 million investment by NPS to preserve historic structures on the campuses of America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities . Every year, Rep. Sewell leads the congressional effort to increase funding for the NPS Historic Preservation Fund to preserve Civil Rights sites and HBCU campuses. Sewell serves as Vice Chair of the Congressional HBCU Caucus.
Selma University was founded as the Alabama Baptist Normal and Theological School in 1878. Pollard Hall was built in 1916 and served as an administrative center for visitors, a meeting place for major figures in Black education, including Booker T. Washington and a home for several university presidents.
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