🗺️Landmarks
Museums, historic sites, churches, HBCUs, parks, and cultural institutions tied to Black history.
Overtown Historic District
Miami's historically Black neighborhood — once called the Harlem of the South.
Historic site / Memorial · Miami, FL, USA
@blackwikiPenn Center
St. Helena Island, SC institution that grew from a Reconstruction-era school for freed people into a civil-rights training campus.
Historic site / Memorial · Saint Helena Island, SC, USA
@blackwikiPerry Harvey Sr. Park
Tampa park named for the longtime Black longshoreman labor organizer, with public art tracing the city's Black history.
Park / Outdoors · Tampa, FL, USA
@blackwikiPhillis Wheatley House (Boston)
Massachusetts site honoring Phillis Wheatley, the first published Black female poet in the American colonies.
Historic site / Memorial · Boston, MA, USA
@blackwikiPullman Porter Museum
Chicago museum dedicated to the Black labor history of the Pullman sleeping-car company.
Museum · Chicago, IL, USA
@blackwikiReconstruction Era National Historical Park
Beaufort, SC national park telling the story of Reconstruction in the Sea Islands.
Church / House of worship · Beaufort, SC, USA
@blackwikiReginald F. Lewis Museum
Baltimore museum of Maryland African American history named for the late Black media-industry magnate.
Museum · Baltimore, MD, USA
@blackwikiRobert Russa Moton Museum
Farmville, VA museum at the site of the 1951 Barbara Johns student strike that led to Brown v. Board.
Museum · Farmville, VA, USA
@blackwikiRobert Russa Moton Museum (Farmville)
National Historic Landmark and museum at the site of the 1951 student strike that led to Brown v. Board.
Museum · Farmville, VA, USA
@blackwikiRoberts Temple Church of God in Christ
Chicago church where Mamie Till-Mobley held the open-casket funeral for her son Emmett Till in 1955.
Church / House of worship · Chicago, IL, USA
@blackwikiSchomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
NYPL research division dedicated to Black history and culture.
Library / Archive · New York, NY, USA
@blackwikiScott Joplin House State Historic Site
St. Louis home of the King of Ragtime composer Scott Joplin.
Historic site / Memorial · St. Louis, MO, USA
@blackwikiSlave Haven Underground Railroad Museum
Memphis house museum at a documented Underground Railroad stop.
Museum · Memphis, TN, USA
@blackwikiSlave Trail (Richmond)
Self-guided historic walking trail along the James River documenting Richmond's role in the domestic slave trade.
Historic site / Memorial · Richmond, VA, USA
@blackwikiSmith Robertson Museum
Jackson, MS museum on the site of the first public school for Black children in the city.
Museum · Jackson, MS, USA
@blackwikiSmithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
DC museum that opened in 2016 — the only national museum devoted to African American life, art, and history.
Museum · Washington, DC, USA
@blackwikiSouth Dallas Cultural Center
City of Dallas Black arts and culture center on Cullum Boulevard.
Theater / Performing arts · Dallas, TX, USA
@blackwikiSpelman College
Atlanta HBCU and the country's leading Black women's college.
HBCU / University · Atlanta, GA, USA
@blackwikiSt. Paul AME Church (Tampa)
Historic Tampa African Methodist Episcopal church and civil-rights organizing site.
Church / House of worship · Tampa, FL, USA
@blackwikiStagville State Historic Site
One of the largest plantation sites in the antebellum South; now a state-run education center.
Historic site / Memorial · Durham, NC, USA
@blackwikiStax Records Museum
Memphis museum on the original Stax studio site, the home of Southern soul.
Museum · Memphis, TN, USA
@blackwikiStone of Hope (MLK Memorial)
DC memorial to Dr. King on the Tidal Basin, dedicated in 2011.
Historic site / Memorial · Washington, DC, USA
@blackwikiStudio Museum in Harlem
Harlem contemporary art museum dedicated to artists of African descent.
Museum · New York, NY, USA
@blackwikiSun Studio
Memphis recording studio where B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Junior Parker, and Elvis Presley all recorded.
Music venue · Memphis, TN, USA
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