The Legacy Museum provides a comprehensive history of the United States with a focus on the legacy of slavery. From the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its impact on the North and coastal communities across America through the Domestic Slave Trade and…
Experience African American history firsthand at the Tinner Hill Historic Park in Falls Church, Virginia. This Park is the site of what was home to Joseph and Elizabeth Tinner, the couple who fought segregation laws after the borders of neighboring…
The Road to Freedom Tour Guide highlights Virginia's Civil War-era African American experience, en-couraging visitors and Virginians alike to uncover these little-known stories of strife, growth, community, and more. Fairfax County has two sites on…
10209 Main Street, Fairfax, VA 22030
703-385-8414
The Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center is located between Washington Dulles International Airport and Washington, D.C., in the heart of Northern Virginia. The museum and visitor center is housed in…
8100 Fordson Road Alexandria, VA 22306
Gum Springs is the oldest African American Community in Fairfax County, formally established in 1833. West Ford, a former slave, founded the community after being freed. The Gum Springs Historical Society and…
6840 Beulah St., Alexandria, VA 22310
Freed slaves built this one room schoolhouse in the early 1880's. It served the black children of Franconia until 1932 as the Laurel Grove Colored School. The school survives as the only remaining African…
8641 Lewinsville Road McLean, Virginia 22102
Historic Pleasant Grove is a community landmark in McLean, Virginia, built by and for African and Native Americans in the late 19th century.
Frances K. Moore Memorial Museum Named for a descendant of the…
902 Wythe Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Originally the segregated library for Alexandria's African American residents, the museum documents the local and national history, culture and contributions of Black America.
1411 W Street SE Washington, DC 20020
Frederick Douglass spent his life fighting for justice and equality. Born into slavery in 1818, he escaped as a young man and became a leading voice in the abolitionist movement. People everywhere still find…
A museum that seeks to understand American history through the lens of the African American experience.
1400 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20560
Examples: Reading Resources (Students and educators can read through African American history with…
