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 NHS
Boston 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