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From festivals to radio, the Boston area still offers many opportunities for exploring African American culture. Choose the category below that interests you:

Academic Resources

  • Boston Blacks Online
  • Boston University African Studies Center
  • Suffolk University Collection of African American Literature
    Mildred F. Sawyer Library (617) 573-8533
  • Facing History and Ourselves
    16 Hurd Road Brookline, MA 02146 (617) 232-1595
  • John D. O'Bryant African-American Institute
    African-American Master Artists in Residency program
    Northeastern University, 40 Leon Street, Roxbury, MA 02128 (617) 373-3141
  • Martin Luther King Reading & Exhibition Room Mugar Library
    Boston University (617) 353-3696
  • W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African American Research
    Harvard University
  • William Monroe Trotter Institute
    University of Massachusetts/Boston

Associations/Cultural Groups

Trails and Tours

  • Boston African American National Historic Site
  • Cambridge African-American Heritage Trail
    (617) 349-4683
  • The Freedom Trail
  • MYTOWN
    Multicultural youth tours in Boston's historical South End.
    544 Columbus Ave., 4th floor Boston, MA 02118 (617) 536-8696
  • Virtual Black History Trail
    Info from Virtually Boston
    Info from the Museum of Afro American History Boston

 

 
   

 

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