Distinctive Destinations: African American Historic Sites
Scholar. Soldier. Innovator. Artist. Baseball pioneer. These are only some of the ways that African Americans, their stories, and their contributions form an essential part of America’s cultural heritage. Whether you're celebrating Black History Month or hoping to hear America’s full history, learn more about black Americans’ accomplishments at these Distinctive Destinations.
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African American Art & Culture Complex
San Francisco, California
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Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate
Lexington, Kentucky
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B&O Railroad Museum
Baltimore, Maryland
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Baseball Heritage Museum at League Park
Cleveland, Ohio
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COFO Civil Rights Education Center
Jackson, Mississippi
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Emmett Till Interpretive Center
Sumner, Mississippi
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Fairfield Museum and History Center
Fairfield, Connecticut
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Field House Museum
Saint Louis, Missouri
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Great Plains Black History Museum
Omaha, Nebraska
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Greenwich Historical Society
Cos Cob, Connecticut
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Haas-Lilienthal House
San Francisco, California
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Henry B. Plant Museum
Tampa, Florida
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Hermann-Grima & Gallier Historic Houses
New Orleans, Louisiana
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Historic Huguenot Street
New Paltz, New York
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Historic L. B. Brown House Museum
Bartow, Florida
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Historic Locust Grove
Louisville, Kentucky
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Historic Rosedale Plantation
Charlotte, North Carolina
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Jack Jouett House Historic Site
Versailles, Kentucky
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Jefferson Museum of Art and History
Port Townsend, Washington
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Landmark Center
St. Paul, Minnesota
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Laura Plantation: Louisiana's Creole Heritage Site
Vacherie, Lousiana
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Lee-Fendall House Museum and Garden
Alexandria, Virginia
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Liberty Hall Historic Site
Frankfort, Kentucky
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Margaret Walker Center
Jackson, Mississippi
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Mary Todd Lincoln House
Lexington, Kentucky
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Oberlin Heritage Center
Oberlin, Ohio
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Purdue Black Cultural Center
West Lafayette, Indiana
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Strawbery Banke Museum
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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The James Madison Museum of Orange County Heritage
Orange , Virginia
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The Virginia Quilt Museum
Harrisonburg, Virginia
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Women's Museum of California
San Diego, California
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Lewis Latimer House Museum
Flushing, New York
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The Historic Magnolia House
Greensboro, North Carolina
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African Meeting House and Abiel Smith School
Boston, Massachusetts
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African Meeting House and Seneca Boston-Florence Higginbotham House
Nantucket , Massachusetts
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Belle Grove
Middletown, Virginia
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Cliveden
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Decatur House
Washington, DC
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Drayton Hall
Charleston, South Carolina
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Lyndhurst
Tarrytown, New York
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Oatlands
Leesburg, Virginia
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The Gaylord Building
Lockport, Illinois
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President Lincoln's Cottage
Washington, DC
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The Shadows
New Iberia, Louisiana
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The President Woodrow Wilson House
Washington, DC
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Woodlawn
Alexandria, Virginia
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Burgwin-Wright House and Gardens
Wilmington, North Carolina
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Andrew Low House Museum
Savannah, Georgia
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South Union Shaker Village
Auburn, Kentucky
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Blandwood Museum
Greensboro, North Carolina
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York W. Bailey Museum at Penn Center
St. Helena Island, South Carolina
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Historic Westside School
Las Vegas, Nevada
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Reginald F. Lewis Museum
Baltimore , Maryland
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