# African-American Heritage Sites

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The National Park System preserves the history and contributions of African Americans as part of the nation's history. Over the years, the staff of the National Park Service has reflected the nation's social history. Among the first African Americans who influenced the course of the National Parks were:
* Early Superintendents (not fully inclusive)
** Charles Young: He served as an early Superintendent of Sequoia National Park in 1903. As a Captain in the 9th Cavalry Regiment, he was directed to take two troops of Buffalo soldiers to the Giants Grove of Sequoia and protect the trees and the park from damage. While there, the two companies completed construction of a road to the Giant's Grove, making public access possible.
** Robert Stanton, National Capital Parks (East) (1970–1971)
** Georgia Ellard, Rock Creek Park (1977–1988)
** Garry Traynham, Allegheny Portage (1990–1995)
* Deputy Directors
** Donald Murphy, (2002–2005)
* Director
** Robert Stanton, (1997–2001)

## Parks

The National Park Service has preserved many sites that are directly related to African American History, Heritage, or Culture.
| Name | City | State |
| African Burial Ground National Monument | New York | New York |
| Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial | Arlington County | Virginia |
| Booker T. Washington National Monument | Hardy | Virginia |
| Boston African American National Historic Site | Boston | Massachusetts |
| Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site | Topeka | Kansas |
| Cane River Creole National Historical Park | Natchez | Louisiana |
| Colonial National Historical Park (Jamestown African Americans) | Yorktown | Virginia |
| Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park (Paul L. Dunbar House) | Dayton | Ohio |
| Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument (Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ) | Chicago | Illinois |
| Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument (Graball Landing on the Tallahatchie River and Tallahatchie County Second District Courthouse) | Tallahatchie County | Mississippi |
| Frederick Douglass National Historic Site | Washington | D.C. |
| Fort Davis National Historic Site (Buffalo Soldiers) | Fort Davis | Texas |
| Fort Scott National Historic Site (Kansas 1st Colored Dragoons) | Fort Scott | Kansas |
| Fort Smith National Historic Site (from slavery to Parker's Court) | Fort Smith | Arkansas |
| Gateway Arch National Park (Black Frontiersman) | St. Louis | Missouri |
| George Washington Birthplace National Monument (Washington's Slaves, Indentured Servants, & Free Blacks) | Washington's Birthplace | Virginia |
| George Washington Carver National Monument | Diamond | Missouri |
| Guadalupe Mountains National Park (Buffalo Soldiers) | Salt Flat | Texas |
| Harpers Ferry National Historical Park | Harpers Ferry | West Virginia |
| Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site | Berks County | Pennsylvania |
| Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve | New Orleans | Louisiana |
| Lincoln Memorial | Washington | D.C. |
| Little Rock Central High School | Little Rock | Arkansas |
| Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site | Richmond | Virginia |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site | Atlanta | Georgia |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial | Washington | D.C. |
| Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site | Washington | D.C. |
| New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park | New Orleans | Louisiana |
| Nicodemus National Historic Site, | Nicodemus | Kansas |
| Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial (Black Sailors) | Put-in-Bay | Ohio |
| Petersburg National Battlefield | Petersburg | Virginia |
| Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial, | Concord | California |
| Richmond National Battlefield Park | Richmond | Virginia |
| San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park (African American Maritime History) | San Francisco | California |
| Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail | Montgomery, Lowndes, & Dallas Counties | Alabama |
| Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve (Kingsley Plantation) | Jacksonville | Florida |
| Tuskegee Airman National Historic Site | Tuskegee | Alabama |
| Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site | Tuskegee | Alabama |
| Virgin Islands National Park | St. John | Virgin Islands |