Louisiana African American Heritage Trail

Photo Credit: Map of Louisiana Office of Tourism


Stretching from New Orleans to Shreveport, the Louisiana African-American Heritage Trail incorporates over 26 historical sites and attrractions, including the following:

• New Orleans (Congo Square, New Orleans African American Museum, St. Augustine Church, Tremé, St. Louis Cemeteries No. 1 and No. 2, French Market, and the Amistad Research Center at Tulane Univ.)

• Mahalia Jackson’s grave, Providence Park Cemetery, Metairie;

• Arna Bontemps African American Museum (birthplace of writer of the Harlem Renaissance), Alexandria;

• Madam C.J. Walker’s birthplace, Delta;

• Melrose Plantation, center of Louisiana Créole culture;

• Laura Plantation, Vacherie;

• Evergreen Plantation, Wallace;

• River Road African American Museum, Donaldsonville;

• Grambling State University, Grambling;

• Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum, Hammond;

• Port Hudson Battlefield, Jackson;

• Whitney Plantation Historic District, Wallace;

• African American Museum, St. Martinville;

• St. Augustine Parish (Isle Brevelle) Church, Natchez, Louisiana;

• Black Heritage Art Gallery, Central School Art and Humanities Center, Lake Charles;

• Creole Heritage Folk Life Center, Opelousas;

• Cane River Creole National Historical Park-Creole Center, Natchitoches;

• Southern University, Baton Rouge;

• Multicultural Center of the South, Shreveport;

• Southern University Museum of Art, Shreveport; and

• Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage Museum, Monroe.

For more information, visit the online home of the Louisiana African-American Heritage Trail found on the state of Louisiana’s official tourism site.