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Stanley Institute
Cambridge, Maryland

Stanley Institute

This one-room schoolhouse played a significant role in the education of Black children for almost 100 years.
The Magnolia Grandiflora in 2009 with the Hattie Carthan mural on the wall behind it.
Brooklyn, New York

Magnolia Grandiflora

A century-old magnolia tree is the only living landmark tree in New York City.
Statue of William Lanson and Plaque.
New Haven, Connecticut

Statue of "King" William Lanson

This statue honors a pillar of the early New Haven Black community.
Hurricane of 1928 Mass Burial Site
West Palm Beach, Florida

Hurricane of 1928 Mass Burial Site

This mass grave for victims of a massive hurricane remained hidden until 1991.
Laurel Grove School Museum
Alexandria, Virginia

Laurel Grove School Museum

The only remaining African American schoolhouse in northern Virginia is now a museum dedicated to formerly enslaved people.
An aerial view of Boone and Junaluska from nearby Howard's Knob
Boone, North Carolina

Junaluska

One of the oldest Black communities in western North Carolina and one of the largest Black Mennonite congregations in the country.
Nearly-lost collard green varieties are being preserved and propagated across the country.
food

The Farmers and Gardeners Saving the South's Signature Green

These seed savers are preserving and celebrating the enormous genetic diversity of collard greens.
Debra Freeman March 19, 2021
Dawoud Bey, <em>Untitled #20 (Farmhouse and Picket Fence I)</em>, from the series <em>Night Coming Tenderly, Black, </em>2017, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Accessions Committee Fund purchase.
underground railroad

The Photographer Who Reimagined the Darkness of the Underground Railroad

How acclaimed artist Dawoud Bey used the landscape to tell the story of the unseen.
Winnie Lee March 11, 2021
List

10 Places to Remember the Impact of the Civil Rights Movement

Despite threats of violence, Black Americans have never detoured from the road to equality.
Jonathan Carey February 25, 2021
A model of Daisy Lampkin's house is the latest addition to the Miniature Railroad & Village at Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh.
miniatures

The Tiny Building That Pays Tribute to a Larger-Than-Life Civil Rights Leader

Daisy Lampkin's brick house is the newest addition to a beloved, shrunken cityscape in Pittsburgh.
Rossilynne Skena Culgan February 23, 2021
Smith School.
List

9 Forgotten Black Enclaves That Offered Hope and Community

When the country offered them little, Black Americans tried to find other paths to a better life.
Jonathan Carey February 19, 2021
Ohio Historical Marker
List

10 Places Dedicated to Amazing Black Women

Honoring women on the frontlines of equality, music, and more.
Jonathan Carey February 11, 2021
Levi Coffin House
List

9 Places to Deepen Your Knowledge of the Underground Railroad

Stations on the road to freedom.
Jonathan Carey February 2, 2021
Just a few of the hundreds of thousands who attended the 1963 March on Washington.
history

Sold: Papers From the Planning of the 1963 March on Washington

They tell a ground-level story of how peaceful movements led to social change, and how much remains to be done.
Matthew Taub January 10, 2023
A decorated entryway.
New Orleans, Louisiana

Wooden Quilt Doors

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.
Memorial to Tamir Rice
Cleveland, Ohio

Memorial to Tamir Rice

This garden memorial marks the site where 12-year-old Tamir Rice was fatally shot by the Cleveland Police Department.
In terms of race and sex, the Golden Fourteen were anomalies in the Navy.
war history

The Hidden History of the First Black Women to Serve in the U.S. Navy

The Golden Fourteen were largely forgotten—but a few veterans and descendants could change that.
Giulia Heyward December 15, 2020
Like her concise recipes, Malinda Russell's two-page biography leaves much to the reader's imagination.
food

What I Learned About a Pioneering Black Cookbook Author by Cooking Her Recipes

Little is known about the first African-American woman to publish a cookbook.
Cherene Sherrard November 20, 2020