🗺️Landmarks
Museums, historic sites, churches, HBCUs, parks, and cultural institutions tied to Black history.
16th Street Baptist Church
Civil-rights movement church bombed by Klansmen on Sept 15, 1963, killing four girls and galvanizing federal action.
Church / House of worship · Birmingham, AL, USA
@blackwikiAfrican American Civil War Memorial
DC monument and museum dedicated to the 209,145 USCT soldiers who fought for the Union.
Museum · Washington, DC, USA
@blackwikiAfrican American Museum of Dallas
Permanent African American history museum in Fair Park.
Museum · Dallas, TX, USA
@blackwikiAfrican Burial Ground National Monument
Lower Manhattan site where 419 colonial-era enslaved and free Africans were rediscovered during 1991 construction.
Historic site / Memorial · New York, NY, USA
@blackwikiAfrican Meeting House
Boston's 1806 African Meeting House — the oldest extant Black church building in the US.
Museum · Boston, MA, USA
@blackwikiAllen Temple AME Church (Tampa)
Tampa AME congregation with deep ties to the city's civil-rights history.
Church / House of worship · Tampa, FL, USA
@blackwikiAllensworth Historic State Park
California park preserving the all-Black town founded 1908 by Lt. Col. Allen Allensworth.
Park / Outdoors · Earlimart, CA, USA
@blackwikiAmerican Civil War Museum (Tredegar)
Richmond museum on the Civil War with major Black history coverage.
Museum · Richmond, VA, USA
@blackwikiAnacostia Community Museum
Smithsonian neighborhood museum in Southeast DC focused on Black urban experience.
Museum · Washington, DC, USA
@blackwikiApex Museum
Atlanta's African American Panoramic Experience Museum on Sweet Auburn.
Museum · Atlanta, GA, USA
@blackwikiApollo Theater
Harlem stage that launched Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, James Brown, and the Jackson 5 — borderline Southern through its founders' roots.
Theater / Performing arts · New York, NY, USA
@blackwikiApollo Theater Walk of Fame
Outdoor plaque series honoring Black artists who performed at the Apollo.
Theater / Performing arts · New York, NY, USA
@blackwikiAtlanta Botanical Garden Black Heritage Tour
Atlanta Botanical Garden's curated tour of plants tied to African American agricultural and culinary traditions.
Park / Outdoors · Atlanta, GA, USA
@blackwikiAtlanta Civil and Human Rights Center
Atlanta downtown museum on civil rights and global human rights.
Museum · Atlanta, GA, USA
@blackwikiAtlanta University Center
The largest contiguous consortium of HBCUs in the world: Spelman, Morehouse, Clark Atlanta, and Morehouse School of Medicine.
Library / Archive · Atlanta, GA, USA
@blackwikiAtlanta Urban League — Cascade Road Office
Atlanta Urban League office in southwest Atlanta.
Community center · Atlanta, GA, USA
@blackwikiAuburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture
Atlanta library with the largest African American cultural collection in the Southeast.
Library / Archive · Atlanta, GA, USA
@blackwikiAvery Research Center
Charleston archive and museum at the College of Charleston dedicated to Lowcountry Black history.
Museum · Charleston, SC, USA
@blackwikiBays Mountain Park
Kingsport, TN park with a self-guided Underground Railroad heritage trail.
Historic site / Memorial · Kingsport, TN, USA
@blackwikiBeach Institute African-American Cultural Center
Savannah museum and arts center on the site of the first school for freed people in Savannah.
Museum · Savannah, GA, USA
@blackwikiBeale Street
Memphis blues-and-soul corridor that incubated B.B. King, W.C. Handy, Aretha Franklin, and Booker T. & the M.G.'s.
Historic site / Memorial · Memphis, TN, USA
@blackwikiBeltLine — Westside Trail
Westside Atlanta section of the BeltLine that runs through historically Black neighborhoods.
Park / Outdoors · Atlanta, GA, USA
@blackwikiBirmingham A.G. Gaston Motel
Birmingham motel where MLK Jr. planned the 1963 campaign; bombed in May 1963.
Historic site / Memorial · Birmingham, AL, USA
@blackwikiBirmingham Civil Rights Institute
Museum across from Kelly Ingram Park and 16th Street Baptist Church, anchoring Birmingham's civil-rights district.
Museum · Birmingham, AL, USA
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