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This list of African American Historic Places in Missouri is based on a book by the National Park Service, The Preservation Press, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers. [1]
John G. Riley Center/Museum of African American History and Culture: Tallahassee: Florida: 1996 [89] Josephine School Community Museum: Berryville: Virginia: 2003 [90] Kansas African-American Museum Wichita: Kansas: 1997 [91] L.E. Coleman African-American Museum Halifax County, Virginia: Virginia: 2005 [92] LaVilla Museum: Jacksonville: Florida ...
The home Joplin rented was recognized as a National Historic Landmark in 1976 and was saved from destruction by the local African American community. In 1983, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources made it the first state historic site in Missouri dedicated to African-American heritage.
Old Slave Mart, Charleston, SC. The Negro Pilgrimage in America [4] or the African Past [5] The story of the African Americans begins in Africa. Early histories of Africa considered it the 'Dark Continent', both in the sense of the color of its people, but also for its lack of known civilizations.
Pages in category "African-American museums in Missouri" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... The Griot Museum of Black History
Philadelphia, PA: J. Otto Schweizer: 1934 Mothers of Gynecology Monument: Anarcha Westcott, Betsey, Lucy Montgomery, AL: Michelle Browder: 2021 The women were patients of J. Marion Sims. John Brown and African-American child Enslaved African Americans: John Brown Farm State Historic Site, North Elba, NY: Joseph Pollia: 1935 The adult is John ...
This list of museums in Missouri encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including non-profit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
[2] [3] The NHLs are distributed across fifteen of Missouri's 114 counties and one independent city, with a concentration of fifteen landmarks in the state's only independent city, St. Louis. The National Park Service (NPS), a branch of the U.S. Department of the Interior, administers the National Historic Landmark program. The NPS is ...