Black heritage sites : an African American odyssey and finder's guide - Curtis, Nancy C. (Chicago : American Library Association, 1996)
Part one-South: Free African American before the Civil War -- Slave housing in the South -- Black American and religion in the South -- Growth of African American commercial enterprise in the South -- Schools and education for African Americans in the South -- African American participation in battle -- Alabama -- Arkansas -- District of Columbia -- Florida -- Georgia -- Kentucky -- Louisiana -- Maryland -- Mississippi -- North Carolina -- South Carolina -- Tennessee -- Virginia -- West Virginia -- Part two-Northeast: Slavery and segregation in the Northeast -- Opposition to slavery -- Segregation and achievement -- Connecticut -- Delaware -- Maine -- Massachusetts -- New Hampshire -- New Jersey -- New York -- Pennsylvania -- Rhode Island -- Vermont -- Part three-Midwest: Northwest ordinance and slavery -- Prohibition against importing slaves into the United States -- Fugitive slave laws -- Missouri Compromise -- Kansas-Nebraska Act -- Equality in the Midwest -- Midwest achievers -- Illinois -- Indiana -- Iowa -- Kansas -- Michigan -- Special feature: Canada -- Minnesota -- Missouri -- Nebraska -- North Dakota -- Ohio -- South Dakota -- Wisconsin -- Part four-Southwest: Buffalo soldiers -- Black communities of Oklahoma -- Other Southwest sites -- Early homes in the Southwest -- Challenge of the Southwest -- Arizona -- New Mexico -- Oklahoma -- Texas -- Part five: West and the noncontiguous states: African Americans in the Western states -- Noncontiguous states: Hawaii and Alaska -- California -- Colorado -- Idaho -- Montana -- Nevada -- Oregon -- Utah -- Washington -- Wyoming -- Alaska -- Hawaii.
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Keywords: Historic sites -- United States -- Directories; African Americans -- History; Noirs américains -- Histoire; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies; African Americans; Historic sites; United States; Sehenswürdigkeit; Kulturdenkmal; Schwärze; USA; Regions & Countries - Americas; History & Archaeology; United States - General; directories; Directories; History; Directories; Répertoires.