St. James First Missionary Baptist Church

This church was founded in 1876 by freed blacks from Georgia, Alabama, and North Florida who had come to the Keys to work on Henry Flagler's railroad. Today's masonry building is built around the wood original.

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Nelson English Park

Located in Bahama Village, this park is named for the African American civic leader who was the island's postmaster from 1881-1886.

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Key West Cemetery

Founded in 1847, this cemetery contains the remains of numerous Civil War army and navy veterans, both Confederate and Union, with many buried in special veterans sections.

Among the Confederate veterans buried here is Captain Henry Mulrennan who commanded The ...

Higgs Beach Historic Marker

In 1860, the U.S. Navy rescued 1,432 African men, women and children on three American-owned slave ships sailing for Cuba. The Africans were freed and transported to Key West. One thousand individuals attemped to return to Africa, but 294, suffering ...

Cornish Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

This wood-frame, Gothic Revival structure is one of the oldest AME churches in Florida. Built in 1903, it is named in honor of Sandy Cornish, an early Bahamian immigrant who founded the congregation.

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The Community Pool at the MLK Jr. Community Center

The City of the Key West built this pool for African Americans in 1946, when Key West beaches were segregated.

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The Church of God of Prophecy

Constructed in the late 1920s, this building began as an 800-square-foot family dwelling. Brother Kemp, a black Bahamian, and his protege, John Bruce Knowles, Sr. remodeled it. This church was also called the Jumper Church.

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Bill Butler Park

This was the site of the county's home for indigent senior citizens, also known as Monroe County Colored Folks Home. In 1986 the City created a park to honor the memory of William Bill Butler, a musician and founding father ...

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church - Key West

The original church building was first established in 1878, in the 700 block of Duval Street. The Ku Klux Klan claimed responsibility for burning it down in 1922, saying it was tired of the noise of church services.

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National Historic Landmark-Carlisle Indian School

National Historic Landmark-Carlisle Indian School

Founded in 1879 by Brig. Gen Richard H. Pratt, a Civil War officer and veteran of the Indian campaigns in the West, the school pioneered in Federal programs for Indian education, and was a model for ...