Black history
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Hannah and Eliza Gorman House
Corvallis, Oregon
1857; 1866
The Hannah and Eliza Gorman House was built by Black women pioneers in 1857-66, when it was illegal for them to own property in Oregon. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
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Lorraine Motel
Memphis, Tennessee
c. 1925; 1968
On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel, which had long been popular with black musicians visiting Memphis. The motel is now part of the National Civil Rights Museum.
- Starkville Colored Cemetery Starkville, Mississippi
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Idaho Black History Museum
Boise, Idaho
built 1921; museum opened 1999
The Idaho Black History Museum is a museum of local African-American history housed in the first Black church in Idaho, run by the great-great-grandson of the chapel's first pastor.
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Brick Baptist Church
St. Helena Island, South Carolina
1855
The Brick Baptist Church was built in 1855 by enslaved people, whose fingerprints can be seen in the bricks. After the Civil War, the church was given to them and it became one of the first schools for freed slaves.
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Booker T. Washington Park Historical Marker
Mexia, Texas
1968
Booker T. Washington Park is Texas Historic Marker #452, located in Mexia, Limestone County, and installed in 1968.
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Dorchester Academy Boys' Dormitory
Midway, Georgia
1935-64
Now a museum of African American history, Dorchester Academy was the center of the Citizenship Education Program between 1961 and 1970 and it hosted planning meetings for the Birmingham Campaign against segregation.
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Bradley Cemetery Historical Marker
McKinney, Texas
1986
Bradley Cemetery is Texas Historic Marker #485, located in McKinney, Collin County, and installed in 1986.
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Bosqueville Cemetery Historical Marker
Waco, Texas
1979
Bosqueville Cemetery is Texas Historic Marker #467, located in Waco, McLennan County, and installed in 1979.
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Bose Ikard Historical Marker
Weatherford, Texas
1990
Bose Ikard is Texas Historic Marker #461, located in Weatherford, Parker County, and installed in 1990.
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Booker T. Washington School Historical Marker
Gainesville, Texas
1986
Booker T. Washington School is Texas Historic Marker #453, located in Gainesville, Cooke County, and installed in 1986.
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Britt Johnson Historical Marker
Graham, Texas
1972
Britt Johnson is Texas Historic Marker #21, located in Graham, Young County, and installed in 1972.