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The NHLs in Alabama comprise 3% of the approximately 1178 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama. Four historic sites in the state are managed by the National Park Service. One of these, the Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site, is also designated an NHL.
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, at Moton Field in Tuskegee, Alabama, commemorates the contributions of African-American airmen in World War II.Moton Field was the site of primary flight training for the pioneering pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen, and is now operated by the National Park Service to interpret their history and achievements.
The preservation of African-American cemeteries is an integral part of documenting Black history and heritage. Many lands where enslaved or freed black individuals were buried are threatened by development and neglect though new efforts are underway to protect these historic places.
The Historic Avenue Cultural Center's opening just months after the July 8, 2023 opening of Clotilda: The Exhibition at Africatown Heritage House helped Mobile, Alabama earn several travel accolades, such as being named by Conde Nast Traveler as one of the Top 24 Places To Go in North America and The Caribbean in 2024.
African Americans in Alabama or Black Alabamians are residents of the state of Alabama who are of African American ancestry. They have a history in Alabama from the era of slavery through the Civil War, emancipation, the Reconstruction era , resurgence of white supremacy with the Ku Klux Klan and Jim Crow Laws, the Civil Right movement, into ...
An online, oral history presentation called "Voices of Alabama" features photos of historic sites and interviews with some of the people who worked with the civil rights movement in the 1950s and ...
This is a list of buildings, sites, districts, and objects listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 14, 2025. [1] Alabama counties (clickable map)
The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund just announced it is awarding $8.5 million in preservation grants to 30 historically Black churches ...