Black History

The former home of Dr. E.B. Henderson, also known as the "Father of Black Basketball."

A building-sized painting of the renowned 19th-century American abolitionist.

Malcolm X's house during his most formative years faces an uncertain future.

This bakery sits on the site of the Black Panther Party's first headquarters.

The former home of Lillian Evans Tibbs and her grandson, Thurlow Evans Tibbs Jr., whose prodigious contributions to music and art spanned more than 90 years.

The only public school for Black children in the region from 1895-1936.

This monument traces the segregation line that inspired the first rural branch of the NAACP.

The former home of the woman who successfully fought to integrate restaurants in Washington, D.C.

Now a living classroom, this house was once the home of Reverend James Clinton Dent, a formerly enslaved man and a pastor.

Home to two notable early-20th-century Black educators, Lucy Slowe and Mary Burrill.

Once the center of a thriving early Black community called Martinsburg.

This work of art by Matthew Mazzotta resides in this park dedicated to the first black legislator in Idaho.

This one-room schoolhouse was revitalized in 2007 as a museum focusing on the education of Black children during the early 20th-century.

The only public swimming pool in Baltimore open to Black Americans during segregation is now a permanent memorial art exhibit.