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Meredith McCool

Freelance Reporter
  • The Lynchburg home of Harlem Renaissance poet Anne Spencer is now a museum with restored gardens. It's one of the many recipients of grants from Virginia Humanities, which recently lost $1.35 million in federal funding cuts.
    Virginia Humanities loses more than a million dollars in federal funding
    Meredith McCool
    Millions of dollars in previously awarded federal grants intended for cultural groups across the country have been canceled by the Trump administration. Among the affected organizations are state humanities councils, including Virginia Humanities, which produces the radio show "With Good Reason" and other history and arts programs. WMRA’s Meredith McCool reports.