Boston University: African American Studies
Brandeis University: Department of African and Afro-American Studies
Harvard University: Department of African and African American Studies
Northeastern University: Department of African American Studies
Tufts University: Africa in the New World
University of Massachusetts Boston: Africana Studies
Social and Activist Organizations
Freedom House
Freedom House is a community based nonprofit organization with a mission "to
promote educational excellence, economic self-sufficiency to alleviate
poverty and social justice for Boston’s most distressed urban
neighborhoods through targeted educational development, increased civic
and political engagement and progressive cultural advocacy."
Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts"The mission of the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts is to deliver
services and programs that aim to increase the economic self-reliance
of African Americans and other people of color throughout our service
area and to advocate for the core initiative and civil rights issues
that critically affect their lives."
Local Museums Cultural Resources
Museum of African American History
This is New England's largest African American history museum, with two main locations - one in Boston and one in Nantucket.
Boston African American Historic Site
This site, administered by the National Park Service, contains the largest area of pre-Civil War black owned structures in the United States.