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Located in the center of the Harlem community at 2031-33 National Black Theatre Way (also known as Fifth Avenue), the National Black Theatre (NBT) was founded by Dr. Barbara Ann Teer in 1968.  The 64,000 square foot Black arts theatre complex ... Continue Reading

Founded in 1967, the concept of the Negro Ensemble Company originated in 1964 while actor Robert Hooks was teaching an acting workshop for youth in the inner city.  Modeled after The Group Theatre started by Harold Clurman, one of the most inf... Continue Reading

The Muhammad Ali Center is a multicultural center created in honor of Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century.  The center is located at 144 N. 6th Street in Louisville, Kentucky, the home city of the boxing legend, soci... Continue Reading

Housed on the ground and first floors of Founders Library at Howard University, the Moorland–Spingarn Research Center (MSRC) in Washington D.C. is one of the world’s largest and most expansive repositories for the documentation of the culture a... Continue Reading

On April 26, 2018, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice opened to the public.  Installed at 417 Caroline Street in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, it is a counterpoint to The Legacy Museum, which also opened the same day and is located me... Continue Reading

On April 26, 2018, The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration opened to the public.  Located at 115 Coosa Street in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, it is a counterpoint to The National Museum of Peace and Justice, which also opene... Continue Reading

Located at 6 Chalmers Street in Charleston, the Old Slave Mart Museum is said to be the only remaining structure utilized as an auction of enslaved persons of African descent in South Carolina.  The building was originally part of a complex th... Continue Reading

Established by the Society for the Protection and Preservation of Black Culture in Nova Scotia in 1983, the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia is located at 10 Cherry Brook Road in Cherry Brook, Nova Scotia.  Its location is purposeful, as Cher... Continue Reading

The Frederick Douglass Museum and Cultural Center is housed in “Twin Oaks”, the summer cottage that was built for Frederick Douglass by his youngest son, Major Charles Douglass.  Constructed in 1895, it is located at 3200 Wayman Avenue in ... Continue Reading

Located at 1411 W Street, SE in the Anacostia neighborhood in southeast Washington, D.C., the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site contains the home and estate of Frederick Douglass.  Douglass, who lived from February 14, 1818 (self-given... Continue Reading