African American History Sites

Information about African American historic sites in the United States. Includes memorials, monuments, museums, and sites where important incidence in the African American history took place.

African American History Sites by Location

Connecticut African American History Sites
- Connecticut 29th Colored Regiment, C. V. Infantry (New Haven)

Florida African American History Sites
- Jack Hadley Black History Museum (Thomasville)
- 2nd Regiment Infantry, U.S. Colored Troops (Fort Myers)

Idaho African American History Sites
- Idaho Black History Museum

(Boise)

Illinois African American History Sites
- DuSable African American History Museum

(Chicago)

Indiana African American History Sites
- African and American American Historical Museum

(Fort Wyne)

Iowa African American History Sites
- African American Museum of Iowa (Cedar Rapids)

Kentucky African American History Sites
- Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park
- Colored Soldiers Monument / aka Kentucky African American Civil War Veterans Monument (Frankfort)

Georgia African American History Sites
- Martin Luther King National Historic Site (birthplace, church, tomb)

Kansas African American History Sites
- Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site (Topeka)

Louisiana African American History Sites
- New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park

Maryland African American History Sites
- Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History and Culturem (Baltimore)
- In Memory of More Than 400 Prominent United States Colored Troops from Kent County

Massachusetts African American History Sites
- Boston African American National Historic Site
- Museum of African American History (Boston and Nantucket) - Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts 54th Regiment (Boston)

Michigan African American History Sites
- Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

(Detroit)

Mississippi African American History Sites
- Nachez National Historical Park
- 1st & 3rd MS Infantry Regiments / African American Monument (Vicksburg)

Missouri African American History Sites
- George Washington Carver National Historic Monument
- 1st Kansas Colored Infantry Civil War Monument "Battle of Island Mound" (Butler)
- 56th United States Colored Troops Monument (St. Louis)
- Soldiers� Memorial at Lincoln University, Missouri (Jefferson City)

Nebraska African American History Sites
- Great Plains Black History Museum (Great Plains)

North Carolina African American History Sites
- In Memory of the Colored Union Soldiers (Hertford)

Ohio African American History Sites
- Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Site

Pennsylvania African American History Sites
- African American Museum of Philadelphia

Tennessee African American History Sites
- United States Colored Troops National Monument (Nashville) PDF

Virginia African American History Sites
- Alexandria Black History Museum and Heritage Park (Alexandria)
- Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia (Richmond)
- Booker T. Washington National Monument (Franklin County)
- Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site (Richmond)
- West Point Monument / Norfolk African-American Civil War Memorial (Norfolk)

Washington DC African American History Sites
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- African American Civil War Memorial and Museum
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
- Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site

African American History Sites by Type

African American Civil War Memorials

African American History Sites by Location

More African American History Resources
- National Parks Service African American History Sites
- Underground Railroad National Register Travel Inineray
- National Capital Region Black History Parks
- Jubilo: The Enancipation Century Blog

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