A Month in Review: February 2009

HISTORIC & CULTURAL SITES
Top Black History Museums & Cultural Centers
Hollywood Walk of Fame, Los Angeles, CA
FESTIVALS AND EVENTS
Black History Month
National Black Fine Arts Show, New York, NY
Hayti Heritage Film Festival, Durham, NC
Pan African Film & Arts Festival, Los Angeles, CA
Bronner Bros. International Hair Show, Atlanta, GA
Paris: African Americans in the City of Light
Rio Carnival, Rio [...]

Florida Black Heritage Trail Guide

The Florida Black Heritage Trail Guide features historic black American sites from Pensacola to Key West and includes profiles and biographical sketches of many distinguished and accomplished black Floridians. Available for free at VISITFLORIDA.com, the guide also includes four self-guided driving tours and features vivid color photographs.
Sites in the book include:

Eatonville, the country’s oldest black [...]

Discover Black Heritage Month in Review – March 2008

Harlem School of the Arts, New York, NY
Harlem School of the Arts’ mission is to enrich the lives of students and their families, from the Harlem community and beyond, through the arts.
Jazz Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
The Jazz Museum in Harlem is a not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to building a world-class jazz museum in [...]

Discover Black Heritage 2007: A Year in Review

JANUARY

Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, Atlanta GA
Martin Luther King Jr. Birth Home, Atlanta GA
Ebenezer Baptish Church, Atlanta GA
International Civil Rights Walk of Fame, Atlanta GA
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Atlanta GA
Martin Luther King Jr. Burial Site, Atlanta GA
Hammond House Museum & Resource Center for African American Art, Atlanta GA
Spelman [...]

American Beach, Florida

American Beach was developed as an ocean front resort for African Americans on the south end of Amelia Island, Florida, by Florida’s first black millionaire, Abraham Lincoln Lewis, and his Afro-American Life Insurance Company. The plan was for his employees to have a place to buy homes and vacation spots for their families. Often jammed [...]