Tag: Rhode Island Black Heritage
6 properties
Important places of African-American history in Rhode Island. For more information, visit the RI Black Heritage Society
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This narrow, small footprint a hundred fifty year-old house had a prominent African-American artist as a resident for about 20 years
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About half of the “Mile of History,” documenting the western side of Benefit Street as it looked in 2004
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A fire on Christmas morning gutted the building, but the Masonic Lodge members plan to rebuild, and you can help.
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This property is actually a tale of three things — competitive cycling, a football stadium, and the Providence Steamroller
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A small colonial house along Meeting St with ties to the Civil War’s “Colored” infantry and African American’s fight for equal education rights in the state
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Smaller than its neighbors, this 2-story commercial building joined the ranks of its neightbors in the collective called “Westminster Lofts”