🗺️Landmarks
Museums, historic sites, churches, HBCUs, parks, and cultural institutions tied to Black history.
Jackson Ward
Richmond's historic Black business district known as the Birthplace of Black Capitalism and home to Maggie L. Walker's bank.
Theater / Performing arts · Richmond, VA, USA
@blackwikiJubilee Hall — Fisk University
Nashville Romanesque Revival building built with proceeds from the Fisk Jubilee Singers' international tours.
Historic site / Memorial · Nashville, TN, USA
@blackwikiL.B. Brown House Museum (Bartow)
Bartow museum dedicated to L.B. Brown, freed Black carpenter who built the home in 1892 and over 100 others.
Museum · Bartow, FL, USA
@blackwikiLeimert Park
LA neighborhood that's the center of Black arts and culture in Southern California.
Theater / Performing arts · Los Angeles, CA, USA
@blackwikiLewis H. Latimer House
Queens museum at the home of inventor Lewis Latimer.
Museum · Flushing, NY, USA
@blackwikiLincoln Memorial Park Cemetery (Tampa)
Historic Black cemetery in West Tampa.
Historic site / Memorial · Tampa, FL, USA
@blackwikiLincoln Theatre (U Street)
DC's historic U Street venue, opened 1922; once the centerpiece of Black Broadway.
Theater / Performing arts · Washington, DC, USA
@blackwikiLyric Theater (Overtown)
Miami's historic Black theater in the Overtown neighborhood.
Theater / Performing arts · Miami, FL, USA
@blackwikiMadame Walker Legacy Center
Indianapolis Art Deco theatre tied to Madam C.J. Walker's industrial empire.
Theater / Performing arts · Indianapolis, IN, USA
@blackwikiMaggie L. Walker National Historic Site
Richmond, VA home of Maggie Walker — first Black woman to charter a bank in the US.
Historic site / Memorial · Richmond, VA, USA
@blackwikiMary McLeod Bethune Council House
DC home of Mary McLeod Bethune and former headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women.
Historic site / Memorial · Washington, DC, USA
@blackwikiMason Temple Church of God in Christ
Memphis church where MLK Jr. gave his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech on April 3, 1968 — the night before his assassination.
Church / House of worship · Memphis, TN, USA
@blackwikiMosaic Templars Cultural Center
Little Rock museum celebrating Black history in Arkansas.
Museum · Little Rock, AR, USA
@blackwikiMother Bethel AME Church
Philadelphia's 1794 founding-mother church of the African Methodist Episcopal denomination.
Church / House of worship · Philadelphia, PA, USA
@blackwikiMother Emanuel AME Church
Charleston AME church — site of the 2015 racist mass shooting.
Church / House of worship · Charleston, SC, USA
@blackwikiNational Civil Rights Museum (Lorraine Motel)
Memphis motel where MLK Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968 — now a museum walking visitors through the entire Black freedom struggle.
Museum · Memphis, TN, USA
@blackwikiNational Memorial for Peace and Justice
Montgomery memorial to the more than 4,400 Black Americans lynched in the US between 1877 and 1950.
Historic site / Memorial · Montgomery, AL, USA
@blackwikiNC A&T State University
Greensboro HBCU; the largest historically Black university by enrollment.
HBCU / University · Greensboro, NC, USA
@blackwikiNC Mutual Life Insurance Building
Durham, NC historic insurance-company headquarters — once the largest Black-owned company in the world.
Historic site / Memorial · Durham, NC, USA
@blackwikiNegro Leagues Baseball Museum
Kansas City museum honoring the Negro National League and the Negro American League.
Museum · Kansas City, MO, USA
@blackwikiOakland Museum of California — Black History Galleries
OMCA's permanent galleries documenting Black California history.
Museum · Oakland, CA, USA
@blackwikiOld Courthouse (Dred Scott Trial Site)
St. Louis courthouse where Dred and Harriet Scott sued for their freedom in 1846.
Park / Outdoors · St. Louis, MO, USA
@blackwikiOld Slave Mart Museum
Charleston museum housed in a former slave auction warehouse.
Museum · Charleston, SC, USA
@blackwikiOld Slave Mart Museum (Charleston)
Museum in a former slave auction warehouse on Chalmers Street.
Museum · Charleston, SC, USA
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