The Black Bucket List: Visit These Places in Your Lifetime!

 

The Black Bucket List: Gullah Country

In Beaufort, S.C., tracing language, dance, customs and gumbo back to Mother Africa.

Oklahoma! Where the Black Towns Once Thrived

First stop on The Root's Black Bucket List of must-see places: Oklahoma, rich with bison, broncos and black history.

Birmingham's Brilliant Black History

Next stop on the Black Bucket List: The birthplace of the civil rights movement. Think you know the history? Think again.

The Black Side of Boston

The Black Bucket List hits up Beantown and the surrounding area, exploring New England's rich black history.

The Black Bucket List Hits Up Bed-Stuy

The Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood's "do or die" attitude dates back to the 1830s. Weeksville, a completely self-sufficient black community, was truly "for us, by us."