国家公园管理局拨款155万美元修缮Montgomery两处民权地标：Ben Moore Hotel与St. Jude Hospital
阿拉巴马州Montgomery市近日获得国家公园管理局多笔联邦拨款，合计155万美元，用于修缮两处民权运动历史地标——Ben Moore Hotel（Ben Moore Hotel）与St. Jude Hospital（St. Jude Hospital）大楼。拨款经历史保护基金的非裔美国人民权项目发放、由国家公园管理局管理，Montgomery市府与当地媒体于10月15日至16日陆续公布了拨款细节。
Ben Moore Hotel共获80万美元：其中75万美元用于第一期修缮，5万美元用于编制《国家史迹名录》提名与文献记录。该酒店1951年由Montgomery商人马修·富兰克林·摩尔开业，在种族隔离年代为黑人旅客提供住宿，并被列入《黑人汽车旅行者绿皮书》；楼内曾设有Majestic咖啡馆与Malden兄弟理发店，顶层的Afro俱乐部曾接待众多音乐人登台演出。
St. Jude Hospital大楼获75万美元，资金可用于建筑设计服务、历史建筑报告、保护规划与实体修缮等一系列保护工作，须符合内政部长历史保护标准与指南。圣裘德园区由天主教神父哈罗德·珀塞尔于1930年创办，在隔离年代为黑人居民提供医疗、教育与社会服务；园区医院1951年开业，是美国东南部第一家种族融合医院。
圣裘德在民权史上占有一席之地。1965年塞尔玛至Montgomery投票权游行中，队伍自布朗礼拜堂出发、步行四天后，于3月24日抵达圣裘德园区扎营过夜，由哈里·贝拉方特组织的「自由之星」慰问演出也在园区举行；次日，游行者走完最后一段路、抵达州议会大厦。Montgomery市长史蒂文·里德表示，圣裘德曾在游行者走向议会大厦前的最后一夜为他们提供庇护，这段历史映照了投票权运动背后的勇气与决心，这笔拨款将帮助市府稳定并修缮历史医院大楼、保存这段故事。
据市府说明，St. Jude Hospital大楼此前曾改建为公寓，后因建筑状况恶化、居民在数年前搬离；市府正推动对大楼进行全面修缮，并结合可负担住房需求加以再利用。
NPS Grants $1.55 Million to Restore Two Montgomery Civil Rights Landmarks: Ben Moore Hotel and St. Jude Hospital
The city of Montgomery, Alabama, has received multiple federal grants through the National Park Service totaling $1.55 million to preserve and repair two civil rights landmarks: the Ben Moore Hotel and the St. Jude Hospital building. The funding comes through the Historic Preservation Fund's African American Civil Rights program and is administered by the National Park Service, with the city and local media releasing details on October 15 and 16.
The Ben Moore Hotel received two grants totaling $800,000: $750,000 to support phase one of its rehabilitation, and $50,000 to fund preparation of a National Register of Historic Places nomination and documentation. Opened in 1951 by Montgomery businessman Matthew Franklin Moore, the Black-owned hotel offered lodging to Black travelers during segregation and was listed in the Negro Motorist Green Book. It also housed the Majestic Café and the Malden Brothers Barber Shop, along with the rooftop Afro Club, which welcomed musicians to perform.
The St. Jude Hospital building received $750,000, which the city said will fund a broad range of preservation activities, including architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans and physical preservation, in keeping with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation. The City of St. Jude campus was founded in 1930 by Catholic priest Father Harold Purcell and provided health, education and social services to Black residents during segregation; when the hospital opened in 1951, it was the first integrated hospital in the Southeast.
St. Jude also holds a place in civil rights history. During the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March, marchers reached the St. Jude campus on March 24 after four days of walking from Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, and camped there before the final leg to the state Capitol; the Stars for Freedom rally organized by Harry Belafonte was held on the campus that night. Mayor Steven L. Reed said St. Jude gave marchers shelter on the final night before they walked to the Capitol, and that the grant will help the city stabilize and rehabilitate the historic hospital building and preserve an important part of that story.
According to the city, the former hospital building was previously converted into apartments, but deteriorating conditions forced residents to vacate a few years ago; city leaders are now making a renewed push to rehabilitate the building for affordable housing while honoring its character.
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图片来源：1965年塞尔玛至蒙哥马利投票权游行队伍前列的历史照片；游行队伍曾在蒙哥马利圣裘德园区扎营过夜（资料图）· Abernathy Family 照片，公共领域（维基共享资源） / The front line of the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march; marchers camped at Montgomery's City of St. Jude campus on the march's final night (file photo) · Abernathy Family Photos, public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
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