Relive black history in its tragedy and triumph CHARLES H. WRIGHT MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY DETROIT

From the moment the first African slaves arrived in the United States, through Reconstruction, war, Jim Crow and the civil rights movement, they and their descendants have influenced American culture through the communities in which they lived, died, worked and worshiped. Here are 12 places to remember African- American history and contributions: PULLMAN HISTORIC DISTRICT CHICAGO

Pullman was an industrial town founded in May 1880 as the realization of George M. Pullman’s wish to create a model community for working- class people. The historic district includes the Pullman factory and the Hotel Florence, as well as the A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum, which is dedicated to African- American labor history.

773- 785- 8901; www.pullmanil.org NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM MEMPHIS

The museum complex is built around the former Lorraine Motel, where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in April 1968. Also part of the museum is the building from which his assassin, James Earl Ray, fired the shot. The museum was renovated and added exhibits in 2014. 901- 521- 9699; civilrightsmuseum.org CHARLES YOUNG BUFFALO SOLDIERS NATIONAL MONUMENT WILBERFORCE, OHIO

Officially established in March 2013, the monument memorializes Young, who overcame racism and inequality to become a prominent military leader. Born into slavery, he would become the third African- American graduate of West Point and the highest- ranking black officer in the U. S. Army until his death in 1922.

513- 607- 0315; nps. gov/ chyo HARRIET TUBMAN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD NATIONAL MONUMENT DORCHESTER COUNTY, MD.

President Obama established this site as a national monument in March 2013. It comprises several places of significance to Tubman’s life, including the James Cook home site ( where Tubman was hired out as a child) and the Jacobs Jackson home site ( one of the first safe houses on the Underground Railroad). 267- 838- 2376; nps. gov/ hatu/ index. htm EVERGREEN PLANTATION EDGARD, LA.

With 37 buildings on the National Historic Register, including 22 slave cabins, Evergreen Plantation is the most intact plantation complex in the South and exemplifies major slave plantations of the Antebellum South. Parts of the movie Django Unchained were filmed at this plantation. 985- 497- 3837; evergreenplantation.org/ NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MUSEUM AND AMERICAN JAZZ MUSEUM KANSAS CITY, MO.

The two museums share a building and as part of the 18th and Vine Historic District. The Negro League Baseball Museum was founded by a group of former Negro league players and honors both the players and the role of the league in the community. The American Jazz Museum features interactive exhibits and films in celebration of jazz and its history. 888- 221- 6526, nlbm.com; 816- 474- 8463; americanjazzmuseum.org Home to the largest permanent exhibit on African- American culture, this museum was founded in 1965. The museum regularly creates new exhibits to showcase more than 30,000 artifacts and archival materials, but the centerpiece is a permanent exhibit, And Still We Rise: Our Journey Through African- American History and Culture.

313- 494- 5800; thewright.org BOSTON AFRICAN AMERICAN NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE

Located in the the Beacon Hill neighborhood, this site is home to the Black Heritage Trail and the 1806 African Meeting House, the oldest standing African-American church in the U. S. 617- 742- 5415; nps. gov/ boaf/index.htm MUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, SAN FRANCISCO

This museum is dedicated to tracing our common roots to the African continent and emphasizes the global influence of African culture and art.

415- 358- 7200; moadsf.org FREDERICK DOUGLASS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE WASHINGTON

The site honors the life and legacy of Douglass, and the view of the nation’s capital is not to be missed. The house, a colonial mansion where Douglass lived for the last 13 years of his life, can be seen on guided tours. 202- 426- 5961; nps.gov/frdo/index.htm JOHN COLTRANE HOUSE PHILADELPHIA This was the home of the American jazz legend from 1952 to 1967, two years before his death. Coltrane was a tenor saxophonist and a composer who played an important role in the development of jazz.

www.johncoltranehouse.org/ HISTORIC CHARLESTON’S RELIGIOUS AND COMMUNITY BUILDINGS CHARLESTON, S. C.

The National Register of Historic Places travel itinerary describes 43 historic places in this extraordinary area, including the Old Slave Mart, Old Bethel Methodist and Emanuel AME. The Old Slave Mart is the only known surviving building used as a slave auction gallery in South Carolina. Emanuel AME was built in 1891 and is the oldest African Methodist Episcopal church in the South. nps. gov/ nr/ travel/ charleston/

THE NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM The National Civil Rights Museum, built around the spot where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, includes a lunch counter exhibit that memorializes 1960s student sit- ins.

H. DARR BEISER, USA TODAY The Field of Legends is a central feature of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.