(Photo: Gary Kazanjian, AP)
From the moment the first African slaves arrived in the United States, through Reconstruction, war, Jim Crow and the civil rights movement, they’ve influenced American culture through the communities in which they lived, died, worked and worshipped.
Here are 50 places, some off the beaten path, where we can remember African-American history and contributions.
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