Louisiana African American Heritage Trail - Historic Sites

Historic Sites

Included are:

• New Orleans -

Congo Square;

New Orleans African American Museum;

St. Augustine Church (New Orleans), Tremé;

New Orleans African American Museum

St. Louis Cemeteries No. 1 and No. 2;

French Market; and

Amistad Research Center, Tulane University

• Mahalia Jackson's grave, Providence Park Cemetery, Metairie;
• Arna Bontemps African American Museum (birthplace of writer of the Harlem Renaissance), Alexandria;
• Madam C.J. Walker's birthplace, Delta;
• Melrose Plantation, center of Louisiana Créole culture;
• Laura Plantation, Vacherie;
• Evergreen Plantation, Wallace;
• River Road African American Museum, Donaldsonville;
• Grambling State University, Grambling;
• Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum, Hammond;
• Port Hudson Battlefield, Jackson;
• Whitney Plantation Historic District, Wallace;
• African American Museum, St. Martinville;
• St. Augustine Parish (Isle Brevelle) Church, Natchez, Louisiana;
• Black Heritage Art Gallery, Central School Arts and Humanities Center, Lake Charles;
• Creole Heritage Folk Life Center, Opelousas;
• Cane River Creole National Historical Park-Creole Center, Natchitoches;
• Southern University, Baton Rouge;
• Multicultural Center of the South, Shreveport;
• Southern University Museum of Art, Shreveport; and
• Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage Museum, Monroe.