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Lewes, Delaware

Menhaden Fishing Net Reel

This controversial reel is an artifact of the largest fish processing plant in the country, and a symbol of Delaware's integration.
Norlina, North Carolina

Soul City

The partial realization of a utopian proposal to build a master planned community primarily by and for Black Americans.
Seaford, Delaware

Site of the Tilly Escape

In October 1856, Harriet Tubman escaped arrest at this site while attempting to reunite an enslaved woman named Tilly with her fiancé.
Jollof rice spread as a result of Wolof and Mande traders and, unfortunately, colonialism.
black history

How to Make Jollof Rice

The West African staple is the grandmother of Lowcountry red rice and jambalaya.
Michael W. Twitty June 3, 2024
Troy Hartman surfs the skies as his cameraman flies by his side.
lakes

5 Wild Tales of Riding the Waves

Surf’s up from Hawaii to the Great Lakes to the troposphere.
April White May 31, 2024
Museum founder Paul Stewart often traveled to local classrooms, like this Denver elementary school, to share the stories of Colorado’s Black Cowboys.
museums

Meet The Black Cowboys Who Shaped Colorado History

The gunslingers, innovators, and explorers who carved their destinies from the sprawling promise of the West.
St. Louis, Missouri

National Blues Museum

Exploring the past, present, and future of blues music.
Georgetown, South Carolina

Gullah Museum

A unique museum that uses visual art and storytelling to reveal the hidden history of the Gullah Geechee and their African ancestors.
Jackson, Mississippi

Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home

This ranch house in Jackson's Elraine neighborhood was home to the civil rights icons and the site of a shocking assassination.
Nash Family Cemetery
Woodbridge, Virginia

Nash Family Cemetery

The final resting place of a prominent Black American farming family sits in the shadows of an IKEA store.
Boston, Massachusetts

George Middleton House

Historic home of a Black veteran of the American Revolution and one of the earliest civil rights activists in the United States.
objects of intrigue

This New York City Map Is Full of Dutch Secrets

When Broadway was a broad way and Wall Street was a wall.
April White March 19, 2024
Jacksonville, Florida

Grave of Laura Adorkor Kofi

The final resting place of "Mother Kofi," a Black minister who was assassinated in the middle of a sermon.
museums

Podcast: Black History in Plain Sight with Places Editors Jonathan and Michelle

From an Atlantic City boardwalk to a Black taxidermist's near-ubiquitous work at Chicago's Field Museum.
The Podcast Team February 29, 2024
cemeteries

Surprise! You Own a Long-Lost Cemetery

Families across the U.S. are finding each other through a forgotten, historically Black graveyard.
Sheeka Sanahori February 28, 2024
Concord, Massachusetts

Brister Freeman Homestead Site

A stone marker dedicated to a Black veteran of the American Revolution who refused to leave his land near Walden Pond.
museums

Podcast: Buffalo Soldiers National Museum

An institution dedicated to honoring Black American military history got its start in one man's garage.
The Podcast Team February 22, 2024
List

8 Public Displays of Black Art

Step outside the museum to see these amazing displays of art and culture.
Jonathan Carey February 16, 2024