ADRIENNE HOAR McGIBBON: The National Park Service recently added the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia to its list of national civil rights sites.

Congress created the African American Civil Rights Network in 2017 to highlight places that capture the stories of the movement.

SHAKIA WARREN: We endeavor each day to tell the stories of African Americans here in the Commonwealth, and it also gives us an opportunity to expand what the civil rights movement means here in Virginia.

ADREIENNE HOAR McGIBBON: The Richmond-based museum was founded in 1981.

Since its founding, the museum has been adding to its extensive collections.

Three donors recently contributed $320,000, which the museum hopes to use to digitize its collections and upgrade its research facility for the public.

For VPM News, I'm Adrienne Hoar McGibbon.