The First African Baptist Church on Cumberland Island was established in 1893 and rebuilt in the 1930s.
Cumberland Island, Georgia —
The First African Baptist Church on Cumberland Island was established in 1893 and rebuilt in the 1930s.
National Park Service
The First African Baptist Church was part of the Settlement, an area established in the 1890s for African American workers.
Cumberland Island, Georgia —
The First African Baptist Church was part of the Settlement, an area established in the 1890s for African American workers.
National Park Service
Cliveden, the 18th-century home of the Chew family, is in the Germantown neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia. Seven generations of the Chew family owned enslaved Africans or African-Americans. The home and its inhabitants' history is explored by interpreters on site.
Germantown, Pennsylvania —
Cliveden, the 18th-century home of the Chew family, is in the Germantown neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia. Seven generations of the Chew family owned enslaved Africans or African-Americans. The home and its inhabitants' history is explored by interpreters on site.
Cliveden of the National Trust
Named for an escaped slave, Nicodemus is the oldest surviving African-American town west of the Mississippi.
Nicodemus, Kansas —
Named for an escaped slave, Nicodemus is the oldest surviving African-American town west of the Mississippi.
National Park Service
This is one of the praise houses still standing on St. Helena Island, where African-Americans used to gather in small numbers to worship and settle disputes. St. Helena Island, near Beaufort, South Carolina, is at the center of the lowcountry's Gullah culture.
St. Helena Island, South Carolina —
This is one of the praise houses still standing on St. Helena Island, where African-Americans used to gather in small numbers to worship and settle disputes. St. Helena Island, near Beaufort, South Carolina, is at the center of the lowcountry's Gullah culture.
South Carolina Lowcountry Tourism
Master blacksmith Phillip Simmons, an African-American artisan in Charleston, South Carolina, learned from master blacksmiths in the early 20th century and carried the city's ironwork tradition into the 21st century.
Charleston, South Carolina —
Master blacksmith Phillip Simmons, an African-American artisan in Charleston, South Carolina, learned from master blacksmiths in the early 20th century and carried the city's ironwork tradition into the 21st century.
Charleston Convention & Visitors Bureau