Demond "Brent" Leggs (born 22 November 1972)[1] is an African American architectural historian and preservationist from Paducah, Kentucky.[2] Among his roles at the National Trust for Historic Preservation he has been the founding director of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, with the goal of raising $25,000,000 to protect and preserve African American history via material culture and beyond.[3]
He has played a role in reframing the idea of historic preservation, expanding its scope and its approach, including ways of using preservation activities to encourage and develop community resilience and sustainability.[2] Leggs' work is guided, he says, by the idea that preservation is "about economic development" and "the empowerment of people as much as it's about the history."[2]
- ^ "LEGGS, BARBARA thru LEGGS, JESSE". Sorted By Name. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ a b c Cep, Casey (3 February 2020). "Rescue Work: The Fight to Preserve African-American History". The New Yorker. pp. 26–31.
- ^ "Lecture: Brent Leggs Past Event". University of Southern California School of Architecture. 2018. Archived from the original on 2019-01-26. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
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