Muriel Branch, left, is the outgoing president of the AMMD Pine Grove Project, which has received a $290,000 African-American Civil Rights grant stabilize the historic Cumberland County Pine Grove Rosenwald School. Her daughter, Sonja Branch-Wilson, will succeed Mrs. Branch as president of the family organization.
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NPS grant to help preserve historic elementary school
'This will allow us to dream ... it will allow restoration and interpretation’
A Cumberland County school that was part of a vibrant African-American community for nearly 50 years is getting help from the National Park Service to preserve its location.