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Contents: Counties in Missouri with African American Historic Places Boone - Cooper - Franklin - Jackson - Lewis - Marion - Newton - St. Louis - Saline Some of these sites are on the National Register of Historic Places ( NR ) as independent sites or as part of larger historic district .
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.
The Scott Joplin House State Historic Site is located at 2658 Delmar Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri. It preserves the Scott Joplin Residence, the home of composer Scott Joplin from 1901 to 1903. The house and its surroundings are maintained by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources as a state historic site.
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]
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]
This list of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois, has 89 entries including Eads Bridge, which spans into Missouri and which the National Park Service credits to Missouri's National Historic Landmark list. Also added are two sites that were once National Historic Landmarks before having their designations removed.
Pruitt–Igoe was named for St. Louisans Wendell O. Pruitt, an African-American fighter pilot in World War II, and William L. Igoe, a former US Congressman. [19] Originally, the city planned two partitions: Pruitt for black residents and Igoe for whites, [20] as St. Louis public housing was segregated until 1955. [21]
Madam C. J. Walker (1867-1919), an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist who is regarded as the first female self-made millionaire in America. [ 16 ] Walt Whitman (1819–1892), was an American poet, essayist and journalist who visited his brother, owner of the Daily Missouri Republican [ 1 ]