African American History
Barack Obama’s Second Swearing In Ceremony 2013
Photo by Sonya Hebert
The Webster Telephone Exchange Building (1906- )
Located at 2213 Lake Street in North Omaha, Nebraska, the Webster Telephone Exchange Building is an important Black heritage site...
Michigan Street Baptist Church, Buffalo, New York (1836-1962)
In 1836, 27 years before President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, a group of literate African American...
Hotel Theresa (1913-1970)
Hotel Theresa, the white brick, terra cotta, 300-room, thirteen story, steel-framed hotel, was for many years the tallest building in...
Brownsville, in Brooklyn, New York (1858- )
Brownsville, established in 1858 and named after its developer, Charles S. Brown, is known for its vibrant street art scene....
Bedford Stuyvesant, New York (1636- )
Bedford Stuyvesant, New York, is the oldest Black community in Brooklyn. Established by the Dutch in 1636 as part of...
Harlem, New York (1658- )
Harlem began in 1658 as a Dutch village founded by settlers who named it after the city of Haarlem, in...
Fort Concho (1867-1889)
An active Texas frontier Army post between 1867 and 1889, Fort Concho at various times posted units from the Ninth...
Abyssinian Meeting House (1828-1917)
Abyssinian Meeting House is a historic church building at 73-75 Newbury Street, Portland, Maine. It is considered to be Maine’s...
Altadena, California
Altadena, California, has one of California’s oldest and most affluent middle-class Black neighborhoods. That neighborhood was affected by the 2025...
