{"id":37341,"date":"2021-01-15T19:28:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T19:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/?p=37341"},"modified":"2021-02-01T21:53:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T21:53:52","slug":"11-black-heritage-sites-every-american-should-experience-at-least-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/11-black-heritage-sites-every-american-should-experience-at-least-once\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Black heritage sites every American should experience at least once"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><i>Note:<\/i><\/b><i> All travel is subject to frequently changing governmental restrictions\u2014please check federal, state and local advisories before scheduling trips.<\/i> <em>Some attractions and establishments may require pre-booked tickets. We strongly recommend researching entry requirements prior to your visit.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/12-great-trips-to-take-for-every-month-of-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>RELATED<\/strong>: 12 great trips to take for every month of the year<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Black History Month rolls around each year, American school kids learn that Black history is actually a significant part of <em>American<\/em> history. Beyond lessons on MLK, Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks, they may learn that centuries of enslaved labor is largely what made the U.S the economic powerhouse that it is today, and that the presence and influence of Black people is deeply woven into every aspect of this country\u2014from art and music to scientific innovation to the civil rights movement, and beyond. But rather than acknowledge these contributions just one month a year, consider weaving one of these 11 Black heritage sites and attractions into your next family road trip. Each site has stories to tell that go beyond what you&#8217;ll remember from history class, making them essential destinations that every American should visit at least once.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/best-vacations-to-recharge-reboot-and-recenter-in-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> Best vacations to recharge, reboot and recenter in 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<h1><b>National Museum of African American History and Culture: Washington, DC<\/b><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_37381\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/National-Museum-of-African-American-History-and-Culture-flickr-cc-Rex-Hammock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/National-Museum-of-African-American-History-and-Culture-flickr-cc-Rex-Hammock.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/National-Museum-of-African-American-History-and-Culture-flickr-cc-Rex-Hammock-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/National-Museum-of-African-American-History-and-Culture-flickr-cc-Rex-Hammock-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/National-Museum-of-African-American-History-and-Culture-flickr-cc-Rex-Hammock-400x250.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-37381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flickr CC: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rexblog\/27067872274\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rex Hammock<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This museum, which opened in 2016, offers the most exhaustive collection of exhibits, artifacts, and interactive displays showcasing African Americans&#8217; wide-ranging contributions: If you can only visit one site dedicated to Black history, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nmaahc.si.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Museum of African American History and Culture <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is it. With five floors, 85,000 square feet of exhibition space, 3,000 objects, and 17 interactive stations, you could spend weeks in this DC museum and not see everything. Visitors can view everything from a plane that was flown by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-ii\/tuskegee-airmen#:~:text=The%20Tuskegee%20Airmen%20were%20the,Africa%20during%20World%20War%20II.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuskeegee Airmen<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/black-history\/nat-turner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Nat Turner\u2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s bible, to George Clinton\u2019s Funkadelic spaceship and an exhibit on African-American chefs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Find your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/Downtown-Washington-DC-Washington-Hotels.0-n800144-0.Travel-Guide-Filter-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DC hotel<\/a> here.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h1><b>U.S. Civil Rights Trail: Arkansas to North Carolina<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Running through 15 states and 100 locations, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/civilrightstrail.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. Civil Rights Trail <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">traces important events in the battle for African Americans to obtain civil rights. The trail starts at the site of school integration in Little Rock and spans sites like the Greensboro, North Carolina whites-only Woolworth counter where students from the Agricultural &amp; Technical College of North Carolina staged a sit-in protest and the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama where four little girls were killed in a church bombing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Find <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/deals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deals on hotels<\/a> along the trail here.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><b>Whitney Plantation: Louisiana<\/b><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_37382\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37382\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Whitney-Plantation-Flickr-cc-Corey-Balazowich-e1610554279120.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Whitney-Plantation-Flickr-cc-Corey-Balazowich-e1610554279120.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Whitney-Plantation-Flickr-cc-Corey-Balazowich-e1610554279120-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Whitney-Plantation-Flickr-cc-Corey-Balazowich-e1610554279120-768x464.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-37382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flickr CC: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coreyann\/2697350830\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corey Balazowich<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many plantations glorify the antebellum era with tales of gentility and happiness, which is exclusively from the enslaver\u2019s point of view. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitneyplantation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whitney Plantation&nbsp;<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Wallace, Louisiana, prioritizes the stories and voices of the enslaved, and is billed as the country\u2019s first slave museum. The 250-acre plantation goes well beyond the sanitized versions of plantation life and lays out the ugly truths of American history.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/Evergreen-Plantation-Hotels.0-l553248621532644597-0.Travel-Guide-Filter-Hotels?rfrr=flex.hotel.Travel-Guide-Filter-Hotels.links-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a place to stay near the plantation<\/a> here.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><b>Penn Center: South Carolina<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A historic landmark that was one of the first American schools opened for the formerly enslaved, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.penncenter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Penn Center <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">preserves and displays Gullah Geechee history and culture on&nbsp; South Carolina\u2019s St. Helena Island. Gullah Geechee heritage is a distinct culture that reflects the language, traditions, and food that can be directly traced to Sierra Leone in West Africa. The center also served as a retreat for civil rights leaders and was where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a portion of his \u201cI Have A Dream\u201d speech.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Find your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/Saint-Helena-Island-Hotels.d6141106.Travel-Guide-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saint Helena Island hotel<\/a> here.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><b>National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel: Memphis<\/b><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_37380\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37380\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/National-Civil-Rights-Museum-at-the-Lorraine-Motel-flickr-cc-Carl-Wycoff.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/National-Civil-Rights-Museum-at-the-Lorraine-Motel-flickr-cc-Carl-Wycoff.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/National-Civil-Rights-Museum-at-the-Lorraine-Motel-flickr-cc-Carl-Wycoff-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/National-Civil-Rights-Museum-at-the-Lorraine-Motel-flickr-cc-Carl-Wycoff-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/National-Civil-Rights-Museum-at-the-Lorraine-Motel-flickr-cc-Carl-Wycoff-400x250.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-37380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flickr CC: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/carlwwycoff\/5294621757\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carl Wycoff<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A fully immersive experience that uses historic milestones to analyze how they can be used to address modern challenges, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.civilrightsmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Civil Rights Museum <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">offers five centuries of history through oral histories, films, and displays. Housed in Memphis\u2019 Lorraine Motel where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, the museum traces the American Civil Rights movement from slavery to 1968.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/Memphis-Hotels.d178284.Travel-Guide-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Book your Memphis hotel <\/a>right here.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><b>Mary McLeod Bethune Council House: Washington, D.C.<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A National Historic Site, the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/places\/crbethune.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mary McLeod Bethune Council House <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the DC Victorian townhouse that served as the headquarters for the National Council of Negro Women, the organization she founded to advocate for legislation concerning African Americans. A humanitarian, special advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and founder of Bethune Cookman College in Florida, Mary McLeod Bethune was a civil rights icon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Find your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/Downtown-Washington-DC-Washington-Hotels.0-n800144-0.Travel-Guide-Filter-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DC hotel<\/a> here.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h1><b>Studio Museum of Harlem: New York<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An influential institution that collects, researches, and interprets the work of artists of African descent, the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/studiomuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Studio Museum of Harlem <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also examines and displays art that has been inspired and influenced by Black culture. The museum\u2019s artist-in-residence program has produced some of the most critically-acclaimed Black artists in the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Find a great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/Harlem-New-York-Hotels.0-n112757-0.Travel-Guide-Filter-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harlem hotel<\/a> here.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><b>African Burial Ground National Monument: New York<\/b><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_37378\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37378\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37378\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/African-Burial-Ground-National-Monument-flickr-cc-Ken-Lund.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/African-Burial-Ground-National-Monument-flickr-cc-Ken-Lund.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/African-Burial-Ground-National-Monument-flickr-cc-Ken-Lund-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/African-Burial-Ground-National-Monument-flickr-cc-Ken-Lund-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/African-Burial-Ground-National-Monument-flickr-cc-Ken-Lund-400x250.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-37378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flickr CC: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kenlund\/7237336406\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ken Lund<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This African burial ground in Lower Manhattan was rediscovered during construction in 1991 and established as a National Monument in 2006.&nbsp;An important site for all Americans, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/afbg\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">African Burial Ground Monument<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> honors the 419 enslaved Black people buried there, and shatters the myth that slavery only happened in the South. New York was second only to Charleston, South Carolina in its involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. Slavery was only declared illegal in New York in 1827; enslaved Africans were brought from the late 17th century until 1827 to build the city. This sacred site is the largest and oldest known excavated burial area in North America. The visitor center displays four exhibit areas, a theater, and a library to learn about the site and the people buried there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Find a deal on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/Manhattan-New-York-Hotels.0-n129440-0.Travel-Guide-Filter-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manhattan hotel<\/a> here.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><b>National Blues Museum: St. Louis<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalbluesmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Blues Museum <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">examines and celebrates the genre that forms the foundation of all American music, including jazz, rock, R&amp;B, and hip hop. Located in downtown St. Louis, the interactive museum explores blues history and music with digital displays, films, photos, artifacts, and songs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Book your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/St-Louis-Hotels.d178309.Travel-Guide-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Louis accommodations<\/a> here.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><b>Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historic Park: Maryland<\/b><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_37379\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37379\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Harriet-Tubman-Underground-Railroad-National-Historic-Park-flickr-cc-F-Delventhal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Harriet-Tubman-Underground-Railroad-National-Historic-Park-flickr-cc-F-Delventhal.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Harriet-Tubman-Underground-Railroad-National-Historic-Park-flickr-cc-F-Delventhal-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Harriet-Tubman-Underground-Railroad-National-Historic-Park-flickr-cc-F-Delventhal-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Harriet-Tubman-Underground-Railroad-National-Historic-Park-flickr-cc-F-Delventhal-400x250.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-37379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flickr CC: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/krossbow\/49632751322\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">F Delventhal<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Located on some of the same landscapes where Harriet Tubman used to guide the enslaved to freedom, the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/hatu\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Harriet Tubman Underground National Historic Park<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> details the life of this American heroine and the landmarks of the underground railroad network. Located near the Maryland plantation where Harriet Tubman was born, visitors can walk the fields and marshes that she traversed and view exhibits and interpretive programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Find a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/Harriet-Tubman-Underground-Railroad-National-Historical-Park-Hotels.0-l553248633992438829-0.Travel-Guide-Filter-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">great place to stay near the park<\/a> here.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><b>Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site: Alabama<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Walk through the airfields and hangars once used by the legendary Tuskeegee Airmen, the first African American fighter and bomber pilots in the U.S. Known as the Red Tails, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/tuai\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuskeegee Airmen National Historic Site<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> commemorates the bravery and skill of these pilots that faced brutal racism in and out of the military but still successfully completed every mission. This Alabama site displays exhibits and a few of the planes flown by the pilots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelocity.com\/Tuskegee-Airmen-National-Historic-Site-Hotels.0-l553248621532653738-0.Travel-Guide-Filter-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Book a room soon<\/a> near the Tuskegee site.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experience something more tangible and memorable than what the history books offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":156,"featured_media":37377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[161,158,1959],"tags":[1512,517,202,475,192,558,508,1199,175],"class_list":["post-37341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family","category-history-and-culture","category-road-trip","tag-alabama","tag-arkansas","tag-maryland","tag-memphis","tag-new-york","tag-north-carolina","tag-south-carolina","tag-st-louis","tag-washington-dc"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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