Taking place the last week of January each year in Eatonville, Florida, this multi-day, multi-disciplinary event celebrates the life and work of 20th century writer, folklorist and anthropologist, Zora Neale Hurston; her hometown, Eatonville, the nation’s oldest incorporated African American municipality and the cultural contributions people of African ancestry have made to the United States [...]
Lincolnville/St. Augustine, FL
Photo Credit: John Reidy St. Augustine, Florida, is the oldest city in the United States, and until 1964, one of the most segregated. A dentist and NAACP representative named Robert Hayling from the historic subdivision of Lincolnville initiated the protest actions that eventually ended discrimination in the old city. Lincolnville, established in 1866, was the [...]
African Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, NC
Photo Credit: Old Salem (www.oldsalem.org) Built in 1823, the African Moravian Church (“Log Church”) was the only known structure in the immediate area constructed specifically as a place of worship for people of African descent, enslaved and free. The white Female Missionary Society of the Moravian Church in Salem financed the project, and African Americans [...]
And Still We Rise: Our Journey Through African American History and Culture
This long-term exhibition housed in the Charles W. Wright Museum of African American History serves as the central experience of our museum. The 22,000 square-foot exhibition space contains more than 20 galleries that allow patrons to travel over time and across geographic boundaries. The journey begins in prehistoric Africa, the cradle of human life. Guests [...]
Beck Cultural Exchange Center | Knoxville, TN
Located within easy walking distance of the famed Alex Haley Statue at Haley Heritage Square, the Beck Cultural Exchange Center features the history of African Americans in Knoxville and East Tennessee from the late 1800′s to the present through photographs, newspapers, biographies, audio and video recordings, books and artwork. [Collections at the Beck Cultural Exchange [...]
St. Philips Church | Winsten-Salem, NC
Photo Credit: Salem Congregation (www.salemcongregation.org) When the African Log Church became too small, a larger brick church was built in 1861. Named St. Philips in 1914, it is the oldest standing African American church in North Carolina. It was from this pulpit of this brick church that on Sunday, May 21, 1865, a Union Calvary [...]
