MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) – The City of Montgomery has received a $750,000 National Park Service grant through the Historic Preservation Fund’s African American Civil Rights program for rehabilitation and repairs of the historic St. Jude Hospital building.
The project will include architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans and physical preservation.
The City of St. Jude campus has a central place in the history of the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March. The 54-mile march began at Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma. After four days, marchers reached St. Jude on March 24, 1965, where the campus served as their final campsite before the march reached the Alabama Capitol…