- African-American Heritage Sites (U.S. National Park Service)
Many National Parks were established in celebration or memorial of significant events in our Nation's history involving the contributions of African-American citizens. Visit these sites and discover the strength of our Nation's diversity.
Parks
Arlington House , The Robert E. Lee Memorial, Arlington, VA;Booker T. Washington National Monument , Hardy, VA; Boston NHS, Boston, MA; George Washington Carver NHSBoston African American National Historic Site , Boston, MA;Cane River Creole National Historical Park , Natchez, LA; Central High School NHS, Little Rock, AR;Colonial National Historical Park , Yorktown, VA (Jamestown African Americans);Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park , Dayton, OH (Paul L. Dunbar House);Frederick Douglass National Historic Site , Washington, D.C.;Fort Davis National Historic Site , Fort Davis, TX (Buffalo Soldiers);Fort Scott National Historic Site , Fort Scott, KS (Kansas 1st Colored Dragoons);Fort Smith National Historic Site , Fort Smith, AR (from slavery to Parker’s Court);George Washington Birthplace National Monument , Washington’s Birthplace, VA (Washington’s Slaves, Indentured Servants, & Free Blacks;George Washington Carver National Monument , Diamond, MO;Guadalupe Mountains National Park , Salt Flat, TX (Buffalo Soldiers)Harpers Ferry National Historical Park , Harpers Ferry, WV; (Frederick Douglas Visit)
Harpers Ferry TC,Storer College , Harpers Ferry, WV; (Free Black School)Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site ,Hopewell , PA; (African Americans)Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve , New Orleans, LA;Jefferson National Expansion Memorial , St. Louis, MO (Black Frontiersman)Lincoln Home National Historic Site , Springfield, IL;Lincoln Memorial , Washington, D.C.;Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site , Richmond, VA;Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site , Atlanta, GA;Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site , Washington, D.C.;New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park , New Orleans, LA;Nicodemus National Historic Site , Nicodemus, KS;Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial , Put-in-Bay, OH; (Black Sailors)Petersburg National Battlefield , Petersburg, VA;Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial , Concord NWS, Concord, CA;Richmond National Battlefield Park , Richmond, VA;San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park , San Fransicso, CA; (African American Maritime History)Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail , Montgomery, Lowndes & Dallas Counties, AL;Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve , Jacksonville, FL; (Kingsley Plantation)Tuskegee Airman National Historic Site , Atlanta, GA;Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site , Tuskegee, AL;Virgin Islands National Park , St.Johns, VI.ource
*National Park Service, Special Topic, Webpage, http://www.nps.gov/untold/banners_and_backgrounds/parksbanner/parks.htm and http://www.cr.nps.gov/aahistory/parks/parks.htm
Reference
Savage, Beth L. (Ed.); African American Historic Places, National Register of Historic Places; National Park Service, Preservation Press, 1994
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