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The National Park Service stewards iconic places that preserve African American stories of empowerment, education, social change and perseverance. Through the lens of national parks, explore places for health and healing while honoring the beauty, experiences, and values of African American culture that have shaped the nation. Our park colleagues featured in this film: African Burial Ground National Monument Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site

Many national parks were created to preserve and tell the story of the struggle for civil and human rights envisioned in the Declaration of Independence and advanced by the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Signed into law July 2, 1964, on what would have been the 39th birthday of civil rights activist Medgar Evers, the Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It was not the first national attempt to codify civil rights, and it did not end dis