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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]
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.
George Washington Carver National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service in Newton County, Missouri. The national monument was founded on July 14, 1943, by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who dedicated $30,000 to the monument. It was the first national monument dedicated to an African American and first to a non-president. [4]
The stories of the contributions, hardships, and aspirations of all American people can be seen in the experiences of African Americans at these physical locations. [2] The formal preservation of these sites dates back to at least 1917 according to architectural historian Brent Leggs when efforts to save the Gothic Revival home of abolitionist ...
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of March 13, 2009 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
Benton Avenue AME Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at 830 N. Benton Avenue in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA. It was built between 1922 and 1926, and is a two-story tile block and brick church. [2]: 5 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [1]
A marker honoring Missouri State's first Black applicant is No. 8 of 20 for the African-American Heritage Trail in Springfield and Greene County.
Early in Missouri's history, African Americans were enslaved in the state; [1] some of its black slaves purchased their own freedom. [2] On January 11, 1865, slavery was abolished in the state. [3] The Fifteenth Amendment in the year 1870 had given African American black men the rights to vote. [4] As of 2020, 699,840 blacks live in Missouri. [5]