African-American History in the National Parks

Several national park sites commemorate important figures, including:

• Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, Washington, D.C.
• Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, Georgia
• Booker T. Washington National Monument, Virginia
• George Washington Carver National Monument, Missouri

Several parks associated with African-American communities:

• Boston African-American National Historic Site, Massachusetts
• Fort Scott National Historic Site, Kansas
• Manassas National Battlefield Park, Virginia
• New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, Louisiana

Parks that tell the story of slavery or the abolition movement:

• Big Thicket National Park, Texas
• George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Virginia
• Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, West Virginia
• Salem Maritime National Historic Site, Massachusetts

Parks that interpret the civil rights movement:

• Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, Kansas
• Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, Florida
• Harry S Truman National Historic Site, Missouri
• Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail, Alabama

Parks that highlight African-American military:

• Fort Frederica National Monument, Georgia
• Petersburg National Battlefield, Virginia
• Tuskegee Airmen and Tuskegee Institute national historic sites, Alabama
• Valley Forge National Historical Park, Pennsylvania