A Comprehensive Guide to America's Black History Sites
The Black History Travel Guide explores the struggle for racial equality that begins when slaves were first brought to America via the Jamestowne Colony in Virginia through the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement.
Covering 25 states and Washington, D.C., the sites featured here tell the most compelling stories over the past 400 years that preserve our Black history. The stories are many and often heartbreaking but should never be forgotten. We encourage Americans to visit and support these historic sites.
We invite you to explore the site by Topic and State by scrolling down on this page.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
Struggle for Civil Rights

National Center for Civil and Human Rights
Struggle for Civil Rights

Lincolnville
Struggle for Civil Rights

Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial
Struggle for Civil Rights

Laura Plantation
Slavery

Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
Struggle for Civil Rights

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
Black History

John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park
Black History

Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Park
Struggle for Civil Rights

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
Sports & Music

George Washington Carver National Monument
Black History

Black Lives Matter Plaza
Struggle for Civil Rights

Scott Joplin State Historic Site
Sports & Music

Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument
Struggle for Civil Rights

Historic Fort Snelling
Slavery

National A. Phillip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum
Struggle for Civil Rights

Levi Coffin House
Underground Railroad

Jim Crow Museum
Black History

Motown Museum
Sports & Music

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Underground Railroad

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