All-black town
DeWitty/Audacious, Nebraska (1908- )
Located in the Sandhills of Cherry County, Nebraska, the settlement of DeWitty was established in 1908 by black homesteaders who constructed housing made...
The History of Allensworth, California (1908- )
In the article below retired California State University, Fresno historian Robert Mikell explores the history of the only all-black town...
Eatonville, Florida (1887– )
The first all-black city to be incorporated in Florida, Eatonville was established in 1887 after being settled two decades after...
Whitesboro, New Jersey (1902- )
Whitesboro, New Jersey was established in 1902 as a town exclusively for African Americans. The idea came in response to...
Highland Beach, Maryland (1893- )
Highland Beach, Maryland, the oldest of the major black resort towns, was founded along the western shore of Chesapeake Bay...
Weeksville, New York (1838- )
Weeksville was a nineteenth century free black community located in what is now the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, New York. ...
Langston, Oklahoma (1890- )
Langston, Oklahoma is one of the few remaining all-black towns located in the former Oklahoma Territory. The town, which opened...
Brooklyn, Illinois (ca. 1823- )
In the early 1820s, eleven African American families, some free, some fugitive, crossed the Mississippi River from the slave-state of...
New Philadelphia, Illinois (1836- )
New Philadelphia, Illinois was one of the most famous of the antebellum all-black towns. Founded by Free Frank McWorter (1777-1854),...
