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From festivals to radio, the Boston area still offers many opportunities for exploring African American culture. Choose the category below that interests you:

• Academic Resources
• African American Historical Sites to See in Boston
• Associations/Cultural Groups
• Trails and Tours

Academic Resources

• Boston Blacks Online
• Boston University African Studies Center
• Suffolk University Collection of African American Literature
  Mildred F. Sawyer Library (617) 573-8533
• Facing History and Ourselves
  16 Hurd Road Brookline, MA 02146 (617) 232-1595
• John D. O'Bryant African-American Institute
  African-American Master Artists in Residency program
  Northeastern University, 40 Leon Street, Roxbury, MA 02128 (617) 373-3141
• Martin Luther King Reading & Exhibition Room Mugar Library
  Boston University (617) 353-3696
• W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African American Research
  Harvard University
• William Monroe Trotter Institute
  University of Massachusetts/Boston

Associations/Cultural Groups

• Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts

Trails and Tours

• Boston African American National Historic Site
• Cambridge African-American Heritage Trail
  (617) 349-4683
• The Freedom Trail
• MYTOWN
  Multicultural youth tours in Boston's historical South End.
  544 Columbus Ave., 4th floor Boston, MA 02118 (617) 536-8696
• Virtual Black History Trail
  Info from the Museum of Afro American History Boston