Places & Institutions

Schools, churches, publications, neighborhoods, and other institutions.

• African Burial Ground National Monument

  national monument in New York City

• African Meeting House

  church building in Boston, United States of America

• Alabama A&M University

  historically black land grant university

• Alabama State University

  public university in Montgomery, Alabama, United States

• Albany State University

  public university located in Albany, Georgia, United States

• Alcorn State University

  comprehensive land-grant institution located northwest of Lorman, Mississippi in rural Claiborne County

• Allen University

  private historically black university in Columbia, South Carolina, United States

• American Beach

  unincorporated community in Florida

• Apollo Theater

  theater and music venue in Harlem, New York City

• Benedict College

  historically black, liberal arts college located in Columbia, South Carolina

• Bennett College

  historically black liberal arts college for women in North Carolina, USA

• Bethune-Cookman University

  private university in Florida

• Bowie State University

  university in Maryland, United States

• Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park

  National Historic Site of the United States in Topeka, Kansas

• Central State University

  public historically black university in USA

• Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

  public historically black university in Cheyney, Pennsylvania

• Claflin University

  private historically black university in Orangeburg, South Carolina

• Clark Atlanta University

  university in Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Coppin State University

  historically black university in Baltimore, Maryland

• Delaware State University

  university

• Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church

  church building in Alabama, United States of America

• Dillard University

  private college in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

• Ebenezer Baptist Church

  church in Atlanta, Georgia, USA

• Edmund Pettus Bridge and Selma-to-Montgomery National Historic Trail

  Historic bridge in Selma, Alabama, United States

• Edward Waters University

  private historically black college in Jacksonville, Florida

• Elizabeth City State University

  public college in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, United States

• Fayetteville State University

  public historically black college in Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.

• Fisk University

  historically black university in Nashville, Tennessee, US

• Florida A&M University

  public, historically black university in Tallahassee, Florida (U.S.)

• Florida Memorial University

  Historically Black university in Miami Gardens, Florida

• Fort Monroe National Monument

  former military installation in Hampton, Virginia, United States

• Fort Valley State University

  public, historically-black university in Georgia, U.S.

• Frederick Douglass National Historic Site

  preserves the Washington, D.C. home and estate of Frederick Douglass

• Grambling State University

  historically black university in Louisiana

• Greenwood / Black Wall Street

  human settlement in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America

• Hampton University

  historically black university in Virginia

• Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

  2,500 acres at confluence of Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland (US) managed by the National Park Service

• Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park

  National Historical Park of the United States in Maryland

• Howard University

  university in Washington D.C.

• Jackson State University

  university in Mississippi, United States

• Johnson C. Smith University

  historically black university in Charlotte, North Carolina

• Kentucky State University

  public, historically black, land grant university in Frankfort, Kentucky, United States

• Langston University

  historical Black college in Langston, Oklahoma, U.S.

• The Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice

  National memorial in Montgomery, Alabama that commemorates the victims of lynching in the United States

• Lincoln University of Missouri

  university in Missouri

• Lincoln University

  university in Pennsylvania

• Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site

  historic school in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

• Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park

  heritage site in Atlanta, Georgia, USA

• Morehouse College

  historically black men's liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Morgan State University

  university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• Motown Museum

  nickname given to Motown's first headquarters, located at 2648 West Grand Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan

• National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel

  hotel that was site of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., now a museum

• North Carolina A&T State University

  university

• North Carolina Central University

  university in Durham, North Carolina

• Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

  museum in Kansas City, Missouri

• Nicodemus National Historic Site

  National Historic Site, African-American museum and open-air museum in Graham County, Kansas

• National Museum of African American History and Culture

  museum in Washington, D.C., a division of the Smithsonian Institution

• Norfolk State University

  public historically black university in Norfolk, Virginia, United States

• Prairie View A&M University

  historically black university located in Prairie View, Texas, United States

• Savannah State University

  historically-black public university in Savannah, Georgia, United States

• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

  research library in Manhattan, New York, USA

• Shaw University

  American university

• 16th Street Baptist Church and Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument

  church in Birmingham, Alabama

• South Carolina State University

  public university in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States

• Southern University and A&M College

  college located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

• Spelman College

  historically Black women's college in Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Stax Museum of American Soul Music

  soul music museum in Tennessee, United States

• Sweet Auburn Historic District

  neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia

• Tennessee State University

  public land-grant university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States

• Texas Southern University

  university

• Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site

  museum in Tuskegee, Alabama, USA

• Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site

  75 acres in Alabama (US) managed by the National Park Service

• Tuskegee University

  private, historically black university located in Tuskegee, Alabama, USA

• National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

  museum in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

• University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

  public university in Arkansas

• University of the District of Columbia

  public university in Washington, D.C.

• Virginia State University

  public university in Virginia, United States

• Xavier University of Louisiana

  Catholic university in the U.S state of Louisiana