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 [...]

An American Beach for African Americans

Synopis: “In the only complete history of Florida’s American Beach to date, Marsha Dean Phelts draws together personal interviews, photos, newspaper articles, memoirs, maps, and official documents to reconstruct the character and traditions of Amelia Island’s 200-acre African American community. In its heyday, when other beaches grudgingly provided only limited access, black vacationers traveled as [...]

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 [...]

North Carolina African American Culture Tour

North Carolina African American Culture Tour (AACT) represents the collaborative efforts of fourteen African American non-profit organizations that have come together to provide you with all the information you need to explore the rich, African American cultural heritage of North Carolina. For more information, visit the website.

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