Black History

In Portugal, a larger-than-life painting of America's first Black female firefighter.

This is the cabin from which John Brown and his men launched their fateful war to end slavery on October 16, 1859.

The menus here are a love letter to the culinary history of New Orleans.

The future civil rights leader grew up in this Alabama farmhouse.

This controversial reel is an artifact of the largest fish processing plant in the country, and a symbol of Delaware's integration.

The partial realization of a utopian proposal to build a master planned community primarily by and for Black Americans.

In October 1856, Harriet Tubman escaped arrest at this site while attempting to reunite an enslaved woman named Tilly with her fiancé.

Exploring the past, present, and future of blues music.

A unique museum that uses visual art and storytelling to reveal the hidden history of the Gullah Geechee and their African ancestors.

This ranch house in Jackson's Elraine neighborhood was home to the civil rights icons and the site of a shocking assassination.

The final resting place of a prominent Black American farming family sits in the shadows of an IKEA store.

Historic home of a Black veteran of the American Revolution and one of the earliest civil rights activists in the United States.

The final resting place of "Mother Kofi," a Black minister who was assassinated in the middle of a sermon.