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National Parks and Historic Sites Celebrating
African American History and Culture
Booker T. Washington National Monument
Washington founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama in 1881 and later became an important and controversial leader of his race at a time when increasing
racism in the United States made it necessary for African Americans to
adjust themselves to a new era of legalized oppression. Visitors are invited
to step back in time and experience firsthand the life and landscape of
people who lived in an era when slavery was part of the fabric of American
life.
http://www.nps.gov/bowa/
http://www.nps.gov/tuin/
Boston African American National Historic Site
Located in the heart of Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood, the site includes
15 pre-Civil War structures relating to the history of Boston's 19th century
African-American community, including: the African Meeting House, the oldest
standing African-American church in the United States. The sites are linked
by the 1.6 mile (2.5 km) Black Heritage Trail. Augustus Saint-Gaudens',
memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the African-American Massachusetts 54th
Regiment, stands on the trail.
http://www.nps.gov/boaf/
Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site
On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously declared that "separate
educational facilities are inherently unequal" and, as such, violate the
14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees all
citizens "equal protection of the laws." The National Park Service is
currently engaged in planning for the Site, located at Monroe Elementary
School in Topeka, Kansas. Monroe was the segregated school attended by the
lead plaintiff's daughter, Linda Brown, when Brown v. Board of Education of
Topeka was initially filed in 1951.
http://www.nps.gov/brvb/
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
Visit the Paul Laurence Dunbar House--Paul Laurence Dunbar achieved national
and international acclaim in a literary world that was almost exclusively
reserved for whites. This gifted and prolific writer produced a body of work
that included novels, plays, short stories, lyrics, and over four hundred
published poems. His work, which reflected much of the African American
experience in America, contributed to a growing social consciousness and
cultural identity for African Americans in the United States.
http://www.nps.gov/daav/
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site is dedicated to preserving the
legacy of the most famous African American of the 19th Century. Frederick
Douglasgracious' life spanned nearly eighty years, from the time that
slavery was universal in American states to the time it was becoming a
memory. Visit his last, and most gracious, home at Cedar Hill.
http://www.nps.gov/frdo/
George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Carver National Monument was established as a public
memorial to George Washington Carver in recognition of his outstanding
achievements as a scientist, educator and humanitarian. Although Dr. Carver
spent only 10 to 12 years on the Diamond Grove farm, the area and community
greatly influenced the course of his life. It was here that Carver was born
into slavery and orphaned as an infant. Yet, he grew up with a love and
appreciation of nature that would sustain him throughout his life.
http://www.nps.gov/gwca/
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Throughout its history, Harpers Ferry has been the backdrop for remarkable
and unparalleled events. Recall John Brown's famous "raid" on the arsenal in
his singular struggle to end slavery. Also, learn about the education of
former slaves in one of the earliest integrated schools in the United
States.
http://www.nps.gov/hafe/
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
In their Museum of Westward Expansion learn about African Americans in the
West. A survey program which covers the important roles played by
African-American explorers, mountain men, soldiers, cowboys, miners, and
homesteaders during America's 19th-century westward expansion movement.
http://www.nps.gov/jeff/
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site
Commemorating the life of a progressive and talented African American woman.
Despite many adversities, she achieved success in the world of business and
finance as the first woman in the United States to found and serve as
president of a bank.
http://www.nps.gov/malw/
Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site
It was in these surroundings of home, church and neighborhood that "M.L."
experienced his childhood. Here you can experience that which inspired the
man who would later lead the Civil Rights movement.
http://www.nps.gov/malu/
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
Commemorating the life of Mary McLeod Bethune and the organization she
founded, the National Council of Negro Women. The Bethune Council House was
Mary McLeod Bethune's last official Washington, DC residence and the first
headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women.
http://www.nps.gov/mamc/
Natchez National Historic Park
The William Johnson House was a home and business owned by William Johnson,
a free black man, whose diary tells the story of everyday life in antebellum
Natchez.
http://www.nps.gov/natc/
New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park
A newly established park that was created to foster preservation, education,
and interpretation of jazz as it evolved in New Orleans.
http://www.nps.gov/neor/
Rock Creek Park
Visit the Old Stone House and take a walking tour of Black Georgetown. Learn
about the over one thousand families that lived in Herring Hill from the
mid-to-late-1800s.
http://www.nps.gov/rocr/
http://www.nps.gov/rocr/oldstonehouse/black.htm
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
Augustus Saint-Gaudens was the sculptor of the famous bronze commemorating
the 54th Massachusetts regiment of Black Soldiers in the Civil War. On site
is a huge bronze casting of this sculpture.
http://www.nps.gov/saga/
Complete Listing of Associated National Park Units
Parks identified as having cultural and natural resources of traditional
significance to African Americans fall into several categories: those
associated with important historical figures; those associated with the
institution of slavery or the movement to abolish slavery; those forts and
battlefields associated with African-American soldiers; and those associated
with traditional African-American communities.
http://www.nps.gov/pub_aff/courier/feature1.htm
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