Located at 551 S. Tryon Street, the Harvey B. Gantt for African-American Arts+Culture is a 46,500 square foot structure that is a repository of Black culture, significantly of Charlotte, North Carolina. Opening in October 2009, it is contempo...
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Situated at a vertical height of 430 meters is the Extreme 19th Hole at the Legend Golf and Safari Resort in the Entabeni Safari Conservatory of the Limpopo Province, South Africa. Adding to the excitement of playing on the 357 meters, par th...
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Founded by J. Justin and Gwen Ragsdale in 2002, the Lest We Forget Museum of Slavery (LWF) is considered to be the only museum in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area that contains artifacts utilized during the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Also...
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Originally called “Place des Nègres” and “Place Publique”, Congo Square is located inside Louis Armstrong Park of New Orleans, Louisiana. This open space, north of the French Quarter, is situated in Faubourg Tremé, a community where...
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There are several museums dedicated to jazz and one, the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, carries on the tradition of preserving, presenting and promoting an art cultural form considered truly American.
A Smithsonian affiliate, the National Jazz ...
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Considered, as per its website, to be “the most iconic and oldest jazz club in the United States”, Minton’s Playhouse is located at 210 West 118th Street. Housed on the first floor of the Cecil Hotel, the entry to this legendary Harlem ...
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After almost two decades of several attempts involving various missions, possible sites, alternate plans to attain necessary funding, different commissions and delayed political legislation, the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum (MCRM) opened its doo...
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Celebrated as “Georgia’s Official Civil Rights Museum”, the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum is located at 460 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in Savannah, Georgia. Opening in 1996, the museum is named in honor of Rev. Dr. Ralph...
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The Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site was founded to honor the many contributions African-Americans enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II made to American history and society. These African-Americans, called “Tuskegee...
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Located at 520 16th St N in Birmingham, Alabama, the Birmingham Civil Right Institute (BCRI) is an interpretive museum and research institution centered upon the trials and triumphs of the Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s and 1...
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