African American Cultural Heritage Stories

The struggle for justice, civil rights, and the fundamental values in our Bill of Rights—a struggle that continues to this day—took place in cities and communities across America, often in unexpected settings. Read on to learn about more of the places and stories that make up the continuum of African American heritage in the United States.

Travel to Historic Places Visit Historic New Orleans
National Treasures Where it All Started: Remembering Nina Simone's North Carolina
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund The Reawakening of Black Academia in Chester County, South Carolina
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund 3 African American Preservationists Featured in Essence Magazine
Women's History How Melrose Plantation's Most Underestimated Artist Became Its Most Famous
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund A Hip-Hop Elegy to Chicago’s Demolished Housing Projects
ReUrbanism Aspiring to the Beloved Community: How Atlanta Is Preparing for the Future
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Women Who Work to Tell the Full History
Women's History Preserving This Asymmetrical Home Will Help Commemorate an Activist’s Full Life
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund How Women Shaped the Sanitation Workers' Strike in Memphis, Tennessee
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund What’s Next for Idlewild, Michigan’s Black Eden?
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Reviving a Historic Dallas Hospital

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