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There are many places in Boston to explore African American heritage:

• Dillaway-Thomas House
  Roxbury Heritage State Park 183 Roxbury Street, Roxbury, MA 02119 (617) 445-3399
• Harriet Tubman House
  566 Columbus Avenue, South End, Boston, MA 02118 (617) 536-8610
  Harriet Tubman was nicknamed "Black Moses" for her role in liberating slaves from the South. The Harriet Tubman House contains a gallery specializing in contemporary ethnic art and a research center for Tubman scholars.
• Harriet Tubman Memorial Park
  Corner of Columbus Avenue and West Newton Street, South End, Boston.
• Museum of Afro American History
• Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists
  300 Walnut Avenue, Roxbury, MA 02119 (617) 442-8614
  A museum celebrating the visual arts heritage of black people worldwide with changing exhibitions of art.