The West
Arizona
1. Fort Bowie National Historic Site
- During the early 1880s it was the base for the campaign against Geronimo and his
raiders in southeastern Arizona.
Address: 203 South Old Fort Bowie Road, Bowie, AZ 8560
Phone number: (520) 847-2500
Website: www.nps.gov/fobo
2. Old Fort Museum
- The name itself has passed its language of American folklore,
symbolizing a remote and
dangerous outpost.
Address: 127 Scout Street, Fort Apache, AZ 85926
Phone Number: (928) 338-1392
Website: www.fortapachearizona.org
3. Coronado National Memorial
- Through this pass in the Huachuca Mountains, the first party of
Europeans entered what
would become the southwestern United States.
Address: 4101 East Montezuma Canyon Road Hereford, AZ 85615
Phone Number: (520) 366-5515
Website: http://www.nps.gov/coro/
4. Fort Huachuca
- This is the only Arizona outpost of the Inidian Wars that’s still active as a military base.
Address: 2837 Boyd ave. Fort Huachuca , AZ 85615
Phone Number: 520-538-4020
Website: www.southernarizonatourplanner.com/
5. John Swain Grave, Boot Hill
- It is called the town that was “too tough to die” and during its 1880’s heyday as a rip-
roaring mining camp, its citizens were indeed some of the toughest individuals in the
country.
Address: 408 N. Hwy 80 Tombstone, AZ 85638
Phone Number: 520-457-3300
Website: http://www.boothillgraves.com/
6. George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center
- The Carver Museum features exhibits on Phoenix’s African American
history from 1926 to 1954.
Address: 415 E. Grant St. Phoenix, AZ 85004
Phone Number: 602-254-7516
Website: www.azcama.com
7. African American Multicultural Museum
- The African American Multicultural Museum is a local
museum with a global perspective.
Address: 617 N. Scottsdale Rd. Suite A Scottsdale, AZ 85257
Phone Number: 480-314-4400
Website: www.azcama.com
California/Los Angeles
8. Los Angeles California Afro-American Museum
- This facility concentrates on exhibitions about the history, art, and culture of black
Americans, with special references to southern California.
Address: 600 State Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90037
Phone Number: (213) 744-7432
Website: www.caamuseum.org/
9. El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park
- When the Spanish authorities in Mexico began to recruit settlers for a new farming
community in Alta California, they concentrated their efforts on a poor area of Sinaloa.
Address: 125 Paseo De La Plz # 400, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone Number: (213) 628-1274
Website: www.ci.la.ca.us/elp/
10. St. Elmo Village
- Our Purpose is to provide a place for people to explore and develop their creativity. We
demonstrate how to use whatever is available to enhance the artistic statement. We
nurture the positive aspects of life, directing the youth to pursue achievable goal, and
helping adults rediscover the creative spirit.
Address: 3480 St. Elmo Dr. Los Angeles, CA 90019
Phone Number: 323-931-3409
Website: www.stelmovillage.org
11. Museum of African American Art
- The Museum of African American Art was established as a nonprofit museum in 1976
by noted artist and art historian Dr. Samella Lewis and a group of academic, artistic,
business, and community leaders. Their goal was to increase public awareness of and
support for the artistic expression of African Americans and other African descendant.
Address: 4005 Crenshaw Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90008
Phone Number: 323-294-7071
Website: www.maaala.org
12. Autry Museum of Western Heritage
- The Autry brings together the stories of all peoples of the American West, connecting
the past with the present to inspire our shared future.
Address: 4700 Western Heritage Way Los Angeles, CA 90027
Phone Number: 323-667-2000
Website: www.theautry.org
13. World Stage Performance Gallery
- The mission of the World Stage is to provide leadership to secure, preserve and advance
the position of African American music, literature and works in the oral tradition to a
local, national and international audience by providing workshops where classic and
emerging forms of creative expression can be supported and presented.
Address: 4344 Degnan Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90008
Phone Number: 323-293-2451
Website: www.theworldstage.org
14. Ford Amphitheatre
- The John Anson Ford Theatres is a center that fosters the excellence, diversity, vitality,
understanding, appreciation and accessibility of the performing arts in Los Angeles
County.
Address: 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90068
Phone Number: 323-461-3673
Website: www.fordtheatres.org
15. Watts Towers Day of The Drums Faire
- The Towers are listed on the National Register of Historic Places,
are a National Historic
Landmark, a State of California Historic Monument, a State of California Historic Park,
and Historic-Cultural Monument No. 15, designated by the City of Los Angeles Cultural
Heritage Commission.
Address: 1727 E. 107 th St. Los Angeles, CA 90002
Phone Number: 213-847-4646
Website: www.wattstowers.org
California/Sacramento
16. St. Andrews African Methodist Episcopal Church
- The first church of this denomination on the west coast, it was
organized in the center of the Gold Rush country one year after
the Forty- Niners arrived.
Address: 2131 8th Street, Sacramento, CA 95818
Phone Number: (916) 448-1428
Website:www.standrewsame.org/
17. Juneteenth at Granite Regional Park
Address: 3321 Power Inn Rd. Sacramento, CA
Phone Number: 916-808-8983
Website: www.juneteenth.com
18. Reclaiming the past at Negro Bar
Address: Folsom, CA 95630
Phone Number: 916-988-0205
Website: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-88993600.html
19. 40 Acres Art Gallery & Cultural Center
- The 40 Acres Art Gallery is a non-profit arts organization and gallery dedicated to
exposing and educating the Oak Park and greater Sacramento Community to a broad
range of visual art scene forms by presenting museum-level exhibitions.
Address: 35 th and Broadway
Phone Number: 916-732-4673
Website: www.40acresartgallery.org
20. Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts
- Mondavi Center explores the full range of the performing arts, from the traditional to
the innovative, and from diverse cultures and disciplines through
presentation, education, public service, and research.
Address: 1 Shields Ave. Davis, CA 95616
Phone Number: 530-754-2787
Website: www.mondaviarts.org
21. Celebration Arts Theatre
- Founded in 1986 Celebration Arts is a multi-cultural, multi-discipline performing arts
organization located in Sacramento, CA. It is well known for developing raw talent and
presenting high quality performances.
Address: 4469 D St. Sacramento, CA 95819
Phone Number: 916-455-2787
Website: www.celebrationarts.net
22. Mahogany Poetry Series at Jamaica House Restaurant
Address: 1704 Broadway Sacramento, CA 95818
Phone Number: 916-492-9336
Website: www.jahouse.com
23. Celestin’s Caribbean Restaurant
Address: 1815 K St. Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone Number: 916-444-2423
Website: www.celestinseats.com
24. Jazzmen’s Art of Pasta
Address: 1107 Front St. Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone Number: 916-441-6726
25. House of Chicken & Ribs
- The award winning original house of chicken and ribs restaurant located in Antelope,
just minutes north of Sacramento, specializes in serving southern style barbecue at its
finest.
Address: 3535 Elverta Rd. Antelope, CA 95843
Phone Number: 916-332-7041
Website: www.thehouseofbq.com
26. The Bayou
Address: Eunice Way, Sacramento, CA 95821
Phone Number: 337-457-7840
27. Sacramento Jazz Jubilee
- The even supports the preservation of traditional jazz - Americas greatest original art
form - Through STJS Jazz Education Programs.
Address: 106 K St. #1 Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone Number: 916-444-2004
Website: www.sacmusicfest.com
28. Oak Park Concert Series
Address: 33 rd St & 5 th Ave. Sacramento, CA
Phone Number: 916-804-7333
Website: www.oakparksummerconcerts.com
29. California State Fair
- In 1854 the first California State Fair was held in San Francisco.
Address: 1600 Exposition Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95815
Phone Number: 916-263-3050
Website: www.bigfun.org
California/San Diego
30. WorldBeat Center
- WorldBeat Center's own history is wrought with struggle.
Self-determination has been motto.
Address: 2100 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA 92101
Phone Number: 619-230-1190
Website: www.worldbeatcenter.org
31. San Diego Museum of Art
- The San Diego Museum of Art, the region’s oldest, largest and most visited art
museum, provides a rich and diverse cultural experience for almost 250,000 visitors
annually.
Address: 1450 El Prado San Diego, CA 92101
Phone Number: 619-232-7931
Website: www.sdart.com
32. Mingei International Museum of Folk Art
- Mingei International Museum preserves and exhibits folk art, craft and design
from all eras and cultures of the world. Mingei celebrates human creativity,
and the belief that everyday object and materials that often serve a useful
purpose can also be objects of beauty.
Address: 1439 El Prado
Phone Number: 619-239-0003
Website: www.mengei.org
33. Broadway/San Diego
- Founded by David T. Nederlander in 1912, the Nederlander Organization is currently in
its third generation of theatre development, ownership, management and production
under the guidance of James M. Nederlander.
Address: 3666 4 th Ave. San Diego, CA 92103
Phone Number: 619-564-3000
Website: www.broadwaysd.com
34. Julian Hotel
- The Julian Hotel, the oldest community operating hotel in southern California, is not
only a living monument to the glory of the long ago mining boom, it is also the dream
come true of a former slave, Albert Robinson, and his wife, Margaret.
Address: 2032 Main St. P.O. Box 1856 Julian, CA
Phone Number: 760-765-0201
Website: www.julianhotel.com
35. Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
- Old Town San Diego State Historic Park presents the opportunity to experience the
history of early San Diego by providing a connection to the past.
Address: 402 Wallace St. San Diego, CA 92110
Phone Number: 619-220-5422
Website: www.parks.ca.gov
36. It Is Written Bookstore
Address: 5952 El Cajon Blvd. San Diego, CA 92115
Phone Number: 619-286-5952
37. Jazz at the Anthenaeum
- Story began in 1894, when a small group of pioneer La Jollans formed the La Jolla
Reading Club. In 1898, a Reading Room was constructed at the
corner of Girard Avenue and Wall Street, thanks to a generous donation
from Florence Sawyer.
Address: 1008 Wall St. La Jolla, CA 92037
Phone Number: 858-454-5872
Website: www.ijaanthenaeum.org
38. Aswan African & Creola Café
Address: 7404 University Ave. La Mesa, CA 91941
Phone Number: 619-464-7100
39. Multicultural Festival
- The Multi-Cultural Festival showcases San Diego’s rich cultural diversity and
traditional heritage through live music, dance performances, storytelling, children’s
activities and a wide range of food and retail vendors.
Address: East Harbor Dr. San Diego, CA 92101
Website: www.sdmulticultural.com
40. Martin Luther King, Jr. Promenade
Address: Harbor Dr. San Diego, CA 92101
Website: www.traillink.com
41. Bob Marley Day Festival
- Tribute to the Reggae Legends Festival formerly known as Bob Marley Day has been
an annual event in San Diego for 30+ years now and has spread up and down the coast
from Ensenada to San Francisco and beyond.
Address: 3500 Sports Arena Blvd. San Diego, CA
Phone Number: 619-230-1190
Website: www.tributetothelegends.com
42. Kuumba Fest
- The goal is to create an urban performing artist community advocating, teaching,
demonstrating collective work and responsibility promoting, self determination and
discipline through creative edutainment artistic experiences and exploration.
Address: 79 Horton Plaza San Diego, CA 92101
Website: www.kuumbafest.com
43. Encanto Street Fair & Cultural Arts Festival
Address: 61dt and 65th St. San Diego, CA
Phone Number: 619-266-0936
California/San Francisco
44. African American Museum & Library at Oakland
- The African American Museum and Library at Oakland is a museum and a non-
circulating library dedicated to preserving the history and experiences of African
Americans in Northern California and the Bay Area.
Address: 659 14th St. Oakland, CA 94612
Phone Number: 510-637-0200
Website: www.oaklandnet.com
45. San Francisco African American Historical & Cultural Society
- The Society’s mission is to collect, preserve and present art, artifacts and recorded
materials that reflect the history and culture of African Americans in San Francisco and
the Bay Area.
Address: 762 Fulton St.
Phone Number: 415-292-6172
Website: www.sfaahcs.org
46. Museum of the African Diaspora
- The Museum of the African Diaspora is a museum in San Francisco, California
documenting the African Diaspora.
Address: 685 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone Number: 415-358-7200
Website: www.moadsf.org
47. Northern California Center for Afro-American History and Life
- The emphasis at this facility. Opened in 1965, is on the history of
blacks in the east bay area.
Address: 659 14th Street Oakland, CA 94612
Phone Number: (510) 637-0200
Website: www.oaklandlibrary.org/
48. San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park
- San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park interprets the roles of African
Americans in America’s maritime heritage.
Address: 2905 Hyde Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
Phone Number: (415) 447-5000
Website: www.nps.gov/safr/
49. Alonzo Kings Lines Ballet
- Alonzo King LINES Ballet is a celebrated contemporary ballet company that has been
guided since 1982 by the unique artistic vision of Alonzo King .
Address: 26 th 7 th St. #5 San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone Number: 415-863-3040
Website: www.linesballet.org
50. AfroSolo Theatre Company
- AfroSolo Theatre Company’s mission is to nurture, promote, and present African
American and African Diaspora art and culture through solo performances and the visual
arts. Since 1993, we have provided a forum to give an authentic voice to the diverse
experiences of Black people in the Americas. Through art, we bring people of different
ethnicities together to explore an share the human spirit that binds us all.
Address: 762 Fulton St. San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone Number: 415-771-2376
Website: www.afrosolo.org
51. Robert Moeses Kin
- Founded in 1995, Robert Moses' Kin is considered by many to be one of the most
prolific and exciting new contemporary dance companies to
emerge nationally in the past decade. The company's mission is to produce work which speaks to what is specific and unique in human nature.
Address: 870 Market St. #567 San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone Number: 415-252-8384
Website: www.robertmoseskin.org
52. Cultural Odyssey
- Cultural Odyssey’s mission is to support the artistic work and
vision of Rhodessa Jones and Idris Ackamoor, as well as an ancillary
group of emerging and established performing artist.
Address: P.O. Box 156680 San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone Number: 415-292-1850
Website: www.culturalodyssey.org
53. African American Art & Cultural Complex
- The African American Art and Culture Complex (AAACC) is a community based,
arts and cultural organization. Our mission is to empower our community
through Afro-centric artistic and cultural expression, mediums, education and
programming.
Address: 762 Fulton St. San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone Number: 415-922-2049
Website: www.aaacc.org
54. African American Shakespeare Company
- African-American Shakespeare Company was introduced in 1994 to open the realm of
classic theatre to a diverse audience, and provide an opportunity and place for actors of
color to hone their skills and talent in mastering some of the World’s greatest classical
roles. We do this by producing work from the canon of classical theatre including
Shakespeare and great American world playwrights that is lively, entertaining and
relevant.
Address: 762 Fulton St. San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone Number: 415-762-2071 Ext: 6
Website: www.african-americanshakes.org
55. California Blues Festivals
Address: Bloomsburg, PA
Phone Number: 570-317-2596
Website: www.bluesfestivalguide.com
56. Afro Solo Arts Festival
- African-American Shakespeare Company was introduced in 1994 to open the realm of
classic theatre to a diverse audience, and provide an opportunity and place for actors of
color to hone their skills and talent in mastering some of the World’s greatest classical
roles. We do this by producing work from the canon of classical theatre including
Shakespeare and great American world playwrights that is lively, entertaining and
relevant.
Address: 762 Fulton St. #307 San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone Number: 415-771-2376
Website: www.afrosolo.org
57. San Francisco Jazz Festival
- Founded in 1983, SFJAZZ presents the greatest names in jazz, Latin and other global
music and nurtures the are of improvisation through its year-round concert, commission
and education programs. The West Coast’s biggest jazz presenter serves about 200,000
fans and students every year.
Address: 3 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone Number: 415-398-5655
Website: www.sfjazz.org
58. The Bayview Opera House Ruth Williams Memorial Theatre
- To serve as the focal point for Art and Culture in the Bayview Hunters Point
Community by providing accessible, diverse, and high - quality arts education,
cultural programs and community events in a safe environment.
Address: 4705 3 rd St. San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone Number: 415-824-0386
Website: www.bayviewoperahouse.org
59. Fort Point National Historic Site
Address: Marine Dr. San Francisco, CA 94129
Phone Number: 415-556-1693
Website: www.nps.gov
60. The African American Center at the Main Public Library
Address: 100 Larkin St. San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone Number: 415-557-4400
Website: www.sfpl.org
61. Boom Boom Room
- Located in the heart of San Francisco’s old Fillmore district, the club is a sultry, down-
home Juke Joint providing cocktails, dancing live Blues, Boogie, Groove & Soul music
six nights a week. If you love music and boogying, you’ve gotta come party with us. The
Boom Boom Room is the hippest, low-light, straight-up funky club on the West Coast!
Address: 1601 Fillmore St. San Francisco, CA 9415
Phone Number: 415-673-8000
Website: www.boomboomblues.com
62. Association of African American Vintners
- The AAAV is based in Napa, California, and membership is comprised of producers of
award-winning wines sold in tasting rooms, fine restaurants and direct to consumer via
wine clubs.
Address: 4225 Solano Ave. #594 Napa, CA 94558
Phone Number: 707-334-6048
Website: www.aaavintners.org
63. Biscuits and Blues
- Biscuits and Blues was originally developed as an offering to music lovers who wanted
an intimate setting to see their favorite blues artists, Now, sixteen years later, we are one
of the top blues clubs in the nation. We offer San Francisco’s best in National and
Regional Blues acts while showcasing award winning Southern Cuisine.
Address: 401 Mason St. San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone Number: 415-292-2583
Website: www.biscuitsandblues.com
State Parks
64. Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park
- In August 1908 colonel Allen Allensworth and and four other settlers established this
town 30 miles north of Bakersfield with the goal of constructing a thriving community,
where blacks could create a better life for themselves outside of
segregated U.S. society.
It features many restored buildings, including the Colonel's house,
historic schoolhouse,
Baptist church, and library.
Address: 4011 Grant Dr. Earlimart, CA 93219
Phone Number: 661-849-3433
Website: www.parks,ca,gov
65. Angel Island State Park, Tiburon
- Angel Island State Park, the largest island in the San Francisco Bay offers some of the
best views of the surrounding Bay Area. With great hiking trails and many other
recreational opportunities readily available, Angel Island is truly a hidden gem in the
midst of the urban Bay Area.
Address: San Francisco Bay Area
Phone Number: 415-435-5390
Website: www.angelisland.com
66. Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park, Coloma
- James W. Marshall discovered gold in 1848 on the South Fork of the American River in
the valley the Nisenan Indians knew as Cullumah. This event led to the greatest mass
movement of people in the Western Hemisphere and was the spark that ignited the
spectacular growth of the West during the ensuing decades. The gold discovery site,
located in the still visible tailrace of Sutter's sawmill, in present day Coloma
California, is one of the most significant historic sites in the nation.
Address: 310 Back St. Coloma, CA 95613
Phone Number: 530-622-3470
Website: www.parks.ca.gov
67. Folsom Lake State Rereation Area, Folsom
Address: Granite Bay, CA 95650
Phone Number: 916-988-0205
Website: www.parks.ca.gov
68. Old Town San Diego State Recreation Area, Oroville
- Old Town San Diego State Historic Park presents the opportunity to experience the
history of early San Diego by providing a connection to the past.
Address: 4002 Wallace St. San Diego, CA 92110
Phone Number: 619-220-5422
Website: www.parks.ca.gov
69. California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento
- The mission of the California State Railroad Museum Foundation (CSRMF) is to raise
and manage funds to support the California State Railroad Museum and Railtown 1897
State Historic Park and assist California State Parks in carrying out the
museums and the parks’ mission.
Address: 125 I St. Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone Number: 916-445-7387
Website: www.csmf.org
70. Pio Pico State Historic Park Whittier
- To work with the State of California in ensuring quality cultural and educational
programs and activities about the legacy of Pío Pico and public benefit used for all
visitors to Pío Pico Historic State Park.
Address: Whittier, CA 90606
Phone Number: 562-695-1217
Website: www.piopico.org
Colorado
71. Barney Ford Hill
- The town is famous as a ski resort today, but it had its beginning as a mining camp
during the 1859 gold rush.
Address: 111 Washington Ave. Breckenridge, Colorado 80424
Phone Number: 970-453-5761
Website: http://www.gocolorado.com/
72. Black American West Museum and Heritage Center
- The lore of the Old West is so heavily wrapped up in myth and legend that it is almost
impossible to separate historical fact from tall tale.
Address: 3091 California Street Denver, CO 80205
Phone Number: (720) 242-7428
Website: www.blackamericanwestmuseum.com/
73. El Pueblo Museum
- Another legendary black figure of the West was mountain man Jim Beckwourth.
He was an explorer, a fir trapper, a Crow war chief, and a feared adversary in the
territories beyond the law.
Address: 301 North Union Avenue, Pueblo, CO 81003
Phone Number: (719) 583-0453
Website: www.historycolorado.org/
74. Beecher Island Battlefield
- It is a familiar image from western movies. The small forces is hopelessly outnumbered
by hostile Indians, and just when the situation looks most desperate the calvary comes,
riding to the rescue.
Address: 33041 County Road 20 Wray, CO 80758
Phone Number: (970) 332-4431