🗺️Landmarks
Museums, historic sites, churches, HBCUs, parks, and cultural institutions tied to Black history.
Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Dallas Black performing-arts institution.
Theater / Performing arts · Dallas, TX, USA
@blackwikiBlack History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia
Richmond museum dedicated to Virginia Black history and culture.
Museum · Richmond, VA, USA
@blackwikiBlack Lives Matter Plaza
Two-block stretch of 16th Street NW painted with BLACK LIVES MATTER in 2020.
Historic site / Memorial · Washington, DC, USA
@blackwikiBlack Wall Street Memorial
Tulsa memorial park on the site of the 1921 Greenwood Massacre.
Historic site / Memorial · Tulsa, OK, USA
@blackwikiBOBSA Headquarters
Atlanta home of the Black Owned Beauty Supply Association — Sam Ennon's trade group.
Community center · Atlanta, GA, USA
@blackwikiBoley Historic District
Oklahoma town founded 1903 — one of 50+ all-Black towns built across the Indian Territory.
Historic site / Memorial · Boley, OK, USA
@blackwikiBooker T. Washington High School (Atlanta)
Atlanta high school — MLK Jr.'s alma mater.
School · Atlanta, GA, USA
@blackwikiBooker T. Washington Memorial — Tuskegee
Tuskegee monument depicting Washington lifting the veil of ignorance from a kneeling Black man.
Historic site / Memorial · Tuskegee, AL, USA
@blackwikiBooker T. Washington National Monument
Hardy, VA site of Washington's birthplace plantation.
Historic site / Memorial · Hardy, VA, USA
@blackwikiBrown Chapel AME Church
Selma church that served as headquarters for the 1965 Voting Rights Campaign and starting point for all three Selma-to-Montgomery marches.
Church / House of worship · Selma, AL, USA
@blackwikiBryant's Grocery (Ruins)
Mississippi store where 14-year-old Emmett Till was accused of whistling at Carolyn Bryant in 1955 — the encounter that led to his murder.
Historic site / Memorial · Money, MS, USA
@blackwikiCalifornia African American Museum
State museum dedicated to African American history, art, and culture; in Exposition Park, LA.
Museum · Los Angeles, CA, USA
@blackwikiCane River Creole National Historical Park
Natchitoches, LA national park preserving Cane River Creole plantation life.
Historic site / Memorial · Natchitoches, LA, USA
@blackwikiCarter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
Logan Circle home of historian Carter G. Woodson — birthplace of Black History Month.
Historic site / Memorial · Washington, DC, USA
@blackwikiCascade Park (Atlanta)
Atlanta park anchoring Cascade Heights — a long-time Black middle-class neighborhood.
Park / Outdoors · Atlanta, GA, USA
@blackwikiCharles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Detroit museum; one of the largest African-American-focused museums in the world by exhibition space.
Museum · Detroit, MI, USA
@blackwikiCharleston Slave Burial Ground
Recently rediscovered colonial slave-burial site.
Historic site / Memorial · Charleston, SC, USA
@blackwikiCivil Rights Memorial Center
Montgomery memorial designed by Maya Lin honoring 40 martyrs of the Civil Rights Movement.
Historic site / Memorial · Montgomery, AL, USA
@blackwikiCoconut Grove (West Grove)
Miami's oldest continuously inhabited Black neighborhood.
Historic site / Memorial · Miami, FL, USA
@blackwikiDaddy D'z BBQ
Atlanta BBQ restaurant on Memorial Drive.
Historic site / Memorial · Atlanta, GA, USA
@blackwikiDexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church
Montgomery church where MLK Jr. pastored 1954–1960.
Museum · Montgomery, AL, USA
@blackwikiDuSable Black History Museum
Chicago museum on the South Side; the oldest independent African American history museum in the US.
Museum · Chicago, IL, USA
@blackwikiEatonville Historic District
Florida town founded 1887 — the first incorporated all-Black town in the US.
Museum · Eatonville, FL, USA
@blackwikiEbenezer Baptist Church
Atlanta church where MLK Jr. and his father pastored; an active congregation today led by Sen. Raphael Warnock.
Church / House of worship · Atlanta, GA, USA
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