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Located at 1212 West Montgomery Road in Tuskegee, Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site is situated on the campus of Tuskegee University.   It came under the auspices of the National Park Service in 1974.  Its mission is to pres... Continue Reading

Located at 659 14th Street in Oakland, California, the African American Museum & Library at Oakland (AAMLO) is both a reference library and museum that includes a non-circulating collection exclusive solely for institutional use.  It, acco... Continue Reading

As one in a collective of five museums at two locations in St. Joseph, Missouri, the Black Archives Museum educates and inspires guests with its focus on and celebration of the city’s African-American residents.  Its scope extends from the a... Continue Reading

Located in the Horace Peterson III Building at 1722 E. 17th Terrace in Kansas City, Missouri, the Black Archives of Mid-America serves as a repository of materials centered upon Blacks in America, especially of Kansas.  Founded by Horace Pe... Continue Reading

Located inside the Atlas Performing Arts Center at 1313-33 H Street NE in Washington D.C., Step Afrika! is the first professional dance company in the world centered upon stepping, a percussive style of movement. Founded by African-American chor... Continue Reading

Housed temporarily at 1360 Fulton Street in the Brooklyn borough of New York City is the Abraham in Motion (A.I.M.) Dance Company.  Founded by renowned choreographer Kyle Abraham, the work of the A.I.M. Dance Company, according to its website,... Continue Reading

With a motto, “Culture of, by and for the people”, The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH) is one of three cultural centers under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution.  It is located in the Capital Gallery Building at 6... Continue Reading

Located at 230 N. Leona Street in Pennington Gap, Virginia, the Appalachian African-American Cultural Center, in its former life, was the Lee County Colored Elementary School.  This one-room schoolhouse was the only primary school for Blacks in al... Continue Reading

On the corner of Meridian and Jefferson Streets, at 419 E. Jefferson Street in Tallahassee, Florida is the John G. Riley Center & Museum.  The two-story, vernacular, wood-framed house, located at the foot of a hill in the downtown area was hom... Continue Reading

Located at 804 Old Fayetteville Street in Durham, North Carolina, the Hayti Heritage Center (HHC) first opened to the public in 1975.  Near downtown in the historic Hayti community, the center is a celebrated cultural arts and arts education insti... Continue Reading