Directory

Cultural & Natural Resources That Illustrate African-American History

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• (Maryland) Following in His Footsteps – Maryland’s Frederick Douglass Driving Tour

 

• (Dorchester County, Maryland) Harriet Tubman Museum & Educational Center  Info: 410-228-0401, 410-228-3106

 

• (St. Mary’s County, Maryland) African American Historic Sites  (PDF)

 

• (Annapolis, Maryland)  Freedom Bound Runaways of the Chesapeake – Historic Annapolis   (Temporary Exhibit, Open Through to Spring 2019)

 

• (Frederick County, Maryland) African American Heritage Sites (PDF)

 

• (Hagerstown, Maryland) African American Heritage Guide

 

• (Annapolis, Maryland)  Annual Kunta Kinte Festival

 

• (Dorchester County, Maryland)  Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway

 

• (Baltimore, Maryland) National Great Black In Wax Museum

 

• (Baltimore, Maryland) Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park and Museum  Info: 410-685-0295

 

• (Baltimore, Maryland) Frederick Douglass Path To Freedom Walking Tour by appointment. Info: 443-983-7974

 

• (Baltimore, Maryland) Reginal F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture

 

• (Baltimore, Maryland) Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum

 

• (Houston, Texas) Emancipation Park

 

• (Newport News, Virginia) TML_Newport News_African American_A Timeless Legacy   (PDF)

 

• (Richmond, Virginia)   Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia 

 

• (Richmond, Virginia)  John Jasper Museum (Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church) 

 

• (Richmond, Virginia)  TML_Richmond Slave Trail  (PDF)

 

• (Richmond, Virginia)   Elegba Folklore Society

 

• (Richmond, Virginia)   Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site

 

• (Buffalo, New York) Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor

 

• (Indiana) Archives of African American Music and Culture

 

• (Florida) Florida A & M University’s Meek Eaton Black Archives

 

• (West Virginia) New River Gorge African American Heritage Auto Tour

 

• (Ohio) Charles H Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument

 

• (Church Creek, Maryland) Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park

 

• (Mississippi) Mississippi Civil Rights Museum

 

• (Mississippi) Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area  

 

• (South Carolina) The Green Book of South Carolina: Travel Guide to African American Cultural Sites 

 

• (Selma, Alabama) National Voting Rights Museum

 

• (Alexandria, Virginia) Freedom House Museum 

 

• (Washington, DC) African American Heritage Trail Trail

 

• (Alexandria, Virginia) Alexandria Black History Museum Alexandria Blk Hist Museum

 

• (Houston, Texas) Houston Museum of African American Culture HMAAC.org . 

 

• (Drewryville, Virginia) Nat Turner Library & Trail Tour Nat Turner Library/Trail Tour 

 

• (Washington, DC) Carter G. Woodson Home CAWO NPS 

 

• (Atlanta, Georgia) Hammonds House Museum Hammondshouse.org  

 

• (Big Rapids, Michigan) Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia https://ferris.edu/jimcrow/ 

 

• (Louisville, Kentucky) Muhammad Ali Center Alicenter.org 

 

• (Washington, DC) African American Civil War Memorial and Museum Afroamcivilwar.org 

 

• (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) African American Museum in Philadelphia http://www.aampmuseum.org/  

 

• (Atlanta, Georgia) Center for Civil and Human Rights https://www.civilandhumanrights.org/  

 

• (Tennessee) National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Hotel https://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/

 

• (Maryland) Prince George’s African American Museum and Cultural Center http://www.pgaamcc.org/ 

 

• (Atlanta) APEX Museum – African American Panoramic Experience http://www.apexmuseum.org/  

 

• (Missouri) Negro Leagues Baseball Museum http://www.nlbm.com/ 

 

• (Louisiana) New Orleans African American Museum of Art, Culture and History http://www.noaam.org/    

 

• (Atlanta) The Madame Museum  https://www.facebook.com/themadamemuseum/ 

 

• (Atlanta) Civil Bikes [guided bike tours] https://www.civilbikes.com/

Last updated: 6/26/18 – check back for updates