What makes the Black Courage Foundation different? We believe it’s our hands-on approach that incorporates a visual experience with historic truth to educate and convey to our nation’s schoolchildren and adults alike, the critical importance of having a strong grasp of African American History in their personal, social and professional lives. After reviewing the following BCF Programs and Activities, you may want to read the Executive Summary, which will give you a quick overview of the magnitude of the vision and scope.

   I.  BCF HEADQUARTERS and BCF MUSEUM / GALLERY.  BCF administrative headquarters will also house the primary BCF museum exhibition and interactive education center (Gallereum).  It will be equipped with an on-the- hour viewing of the Return to Glory: The Powerful Stirring of the Black Man film, a research room and a BCF book store.

   II.  INITIAL HISTORICAL EXHIBIT.   BCF has an exclusive agreement with Mark E. Mitchell for his major Collection and Research Archive of African American History that spans four centuries and includes thousands of highly significant documents, manuscripts and related artifacts.

   III. BCF WEBSITE.  BCF is developing an interactive web site, with most of the documents and related materials available for international review and study.  This website is the “Clicks” component of the BCF "Bricks and Clicks" Program.  The “Bricks" represents the Museum/Experience Center and Satellite Galleries.

   VI. MAJOR INTERACTIVE MUSEUM and EXPERIENCE CENTER.  Using the latest technologies and media techniques, the BCF will develop a major center for the innovative exhibition and presentation of the history of African Americans from ancient Africa and during the past four centuries in America.  The center will be designed to be high-touch and high-impact, taking advantage of the most advanced installations possible. Talks have already begun with developers of a major international tourist site (which already has millions of visitors annually) to locate the Museum on or near the attraction.

   V.  PRESERVING BLACK HISTORY: BCF is creating perhaps the first major fund ever to locate, rescue, and preserve the rapidly-decreasing sources of important historic documents and artifacts that might otherwise be unavailable in private collections, dealer inventories, and estates.  Funds are being sought to procuring rare pieces of African Americana for its museum, branch galleries, traveling exhibitions and historical research program.  The Black Courage Foundation plans to make its collections and findings available to both scholars and students alike.

   VI. SCHOLARSHIPS: Beginning in calendar year 2006, the Foundation plans to award two or more annual scholarships to high school seniors wanting to pursue a college degree.  The students will be chosen via a history essay contest conducted and judged by the BCF Board of Advisors.    

   VII. NATIONAL JUNIOR CURATOR PROGRAM: Black Courage Foundation experts will train high school students in history, speaking, professional and social skills on an after-school and weekend schedule.  Upon completion of their training, these “Junior Curators” will give tours in the BCF’s Museum and branch galleries for visitors and guests, and will expertly explain the history of specific people, events, and the documents and artifacts themselves.  These future leaders will have a unique opportunity to interact with both dignitaries and the general public outside of their regular school curriculum.

   VIII. THE BCF HISTORICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: The Black Courage Foundation will periodically sponsor major symposiums, conferences and lectures on African American history, culture and heritage with leading historians and scholars.  In addition, scholars and students alike will be permitted to pour over BCF’s massive collection of original documents, letters, newspapers, and antiquarian books that provide original source material for new books, papers and historical research, which will promote and enhance our nation's understanding of its history.  The Institute will be headed by noted author and professor, Dr. James Oliver Horton, President of the Organization of American Historians, and the Benjamin Banneker Professor of American Studies and History at George Washington University.

   IX.  MOBILE EXHIBIT.  BCF will develop and equip a bus/van with an exhibit consisting of replicas of the permanent history collection and the Return to Glory film to take directly to the people, particularly in urban inner-cities and rural neighborhoods.  The museum bus/van will open its doors on streets, parks, parking lots, roads and fields to insure that all children and adults have the opportunity to view the exhibit and film.   It will participate in festivals, conferences and other venues that provide audiences to be educated and inspired.

X.  RETURN TO GLORY FOUNDATION (RTG).  RTG has granted a ten-year exclusive license for the BCF to screen the Return to Glory film at any or all of its Galleries and/or Museums. BCF will purchase RTG products at a discount from RTG for retail purposes. RTG will serve as the manufacturer the products for BCF and is will private-label the products to include the BCF logo and BCF brochure.

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