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Wharton-Smith Sites of African American Memory
Wharton, TX collection of plantation, freedmen's school, and Reconstruction-era sites along the Brazos River.
Wharton, TX, USA
Greenwood District
The one-square-mile Tulsa neighborhood that became the most prosperous Black business district in early 20th-century America — and was destroyed by a white mob in 1921.
Tulsa, Oklahoma, US
Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery (Tampa)
Historic Black cemetery in West Tampa.
Tampa, FL, USA
Florida A&M Tampa Alumni House
FAMU alumni gathering space serving Tampa Bay area Rattlers.
Tampa, FL, USA
Allen Temple AME Church (Tampa)
Tampa AME congregation with deep ties to the city's civil-rights history.
Tampa, FL, USA
Encore! Heritage District (Tampa)
Tampa redevelopment of the former Central Avenue Black business district destroyed by 1960s urban renewal.
Tampa, FL, USA
Florida A&M University Carrie Meek Center
Tallahassee FAMU center named for the late US Rep. Carrie Meek.
Tallahassee, FL, USA
Fillmore Heritage Center
San Francisco center memorializing the Fillmore — historic Black neighborhood.
San Francisco, CA, USA
Slave Trail (Richmond)
Self-guided historic walking trail along the James River documenting Richmond's role in the domestic slave trade.
Richmond, VA, USA
Coconut Grove (West Grove)
Miami's oldest continuously inhabited Black neighborhood.
Miami, FL, USA
Overtown Historic District
Miami's historically Black neighborhood — once called the Harlem of the South.
Miami, FL, USA
Leimert Park
LA neighborhood that's the center of Black arts and culture in Southern California.
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Hattiesburg Civil Rights Driving Tour
Mississippi mapped driving route through the major 1960s Freedom Summer organizing sites.
Hattiesburg, MS, USA
Friendship-West Baptist Church
Dallas megachurch led by Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III.
Dallas, TX, USA
Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Dallas Black performing-arts institution.
Dallas, TX, USA
Charleston Slave Burial Ground
Recently rediscovered colonial slave-burial site.
Charleston, SC, USA
Boley Historic District
Oklahoma town founded 1903 — one of 50+ all-Black towns built across the Indian Territory.
Boley, OK, USA
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
Beaufort, SC national park telling the story of Reconstruction in the Sea Islands.
Beaufort, SC, USA
BOBSA Headquarters
Atlanta home of the Black Owned Beauty Supply Association — Sam Ennon's trade group.
Atlanta, GA, USA
BeltLine — Westside Trail
Westside Atlanta section of the BeltLine that runs through historically Black neighborhoods.
Atlanta, GA, USA
Cascade Park (Atlanta)
Atlanta park anchoring Cascade Heights — a long-time Black middle-class neighborhood.
Atlanta, GA, USA
Daddy D'z BBQ
Atlanta BBQ restaurant on Memorial Drive.
Atlanta, GA, USA
Black Lives Matter Plaza
Two-block stretch of 16th Street NW painted with BLACK LIVES MATTER in 2020.
Washington, DC, USA
Anacostia Community Museum
Smithsonian neighborhood museum in Southeast DC focused on Black urban experience.
Washington, DC, USA