Griffin Blvd Archives is a homeplacekeeping, rural movement building network supporting cultural sustainability in Farmville and the surrounding South Central Virginia counties of Buckingham, Cumberland, and Prince Edward — the northern edge of the U.S. South’s Black Belt region.

Collaborative work to date includes:

• Advancing the Pine Grove School Community’s ongoing historic preservation and environmental justice campaign;

• Developing an Emmy-winning television streaming episode on Prince Edward County’s civil rights legacy;

• Passing federal legislation making the Moton Museum an affiliated area of the U.S. National Park System;

• Successfully petitioning to rename prominent Downtown Farmville buildings in honor of hometown civil rights heroes;

• Digitally preserving traditional knowledge, oral histories, photo collections, historical records, and cultural landscapes;

• And more.