Parks
America's national parks weave together a mosaic of African American history. A large patchwork of National Park Service sites were founded because of their pivotal places in history. Other sites highlight the untold stories—the no-less-important, every-day-remarkable stories of African Americans in history.
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Other Places
You don't need to visit a park to explore African American history! National Historic Landmarks and sites on the National Register of Historic Places also preserve and share African American heritage. Explore a sampling of these important places below.
Places of African American Heritage
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South CarolinaMcCrory's Five and Dime
Black student protesters brought the sit-in movement to McCrory's in 1961. The movement led to desegregation of public accommodations.
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ColoradoWinks Panorama
A historic African American resort in Pinecliffe, CO, Winks Panorama was a peaceful mountain oasis for Black vacationers between 1925-1965.
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MichiganDetroit Assoc. of Colored Women's Clubs
Black women's club members purchased this home in 1941, adding an extra door and changing its address to avoid racist housing restrictions.
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Kansas/MissouriFreedom's Frontier NHA
Learn the stories of 19th c. Americans living in KS and MO who struggled to define freedom during the Bleeding Kansas and Civil War years.
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FloridaKingsley Plantation
This plantation site tells the complex and arbitrary stories of race and enslavement in early Florida.
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New YorkLorraine Hansberry Residence
The pioneering Black lesbian playwright, writer, and activist, Lorraine Hansberry lived here while creating her most important works.
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The AACRN encompasses properties, facilities, and interpretive programs that tell the stories of the African American Civil Rights Movement.
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The 695+ sites in the Network to Freedom, honor, preserve and promote the history of resistance to enslavement through escape and flight.
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Last updated: March 17, 2022