Black History Month: 4 Eye-Opening Hudson Valley Heritage Trails

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Black History is American History and living in the Hudson Valley affords us the unique opportunity to visit in person the places where history was made.

Westchester African American Heritage Trail

Points of interest include the African American Cemetery in Rye, Chappaqua Friends Meeting House, the Ella Fitzgerald Statue in Yonkers and the St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site in Mount Vernon.

African American Historical Society of Rockland County Museum Digital Tour

An interactive display of Black landmarks in Rockland County. The exhibit includes the site of the Hillburn desegregation case, historic churches built by freed slaves in Piermont and Nyack, the Mount Moor Cemetery in West Nyack, Rockland’s African burial grounds, the brickyards of Haverstraw, the remains of Skunk Hollow and the recently installed "Bench by the Road" honoring Toni Morrison.

Creating a Black and Native American Heritage Trail in the Hudson Highlands

The newest digital heritage trail will take visitors on an educational journey that winds from "pre-colonial history to the present" and "from Peekskill to Beacon." Once fully grown, this heritage trail east of the Hudson River is envisioned as complementing the existing African American Heritage Trail of Westchester County to the south and the Dutchess County Equality Trail to the north.

A Walk Through Poughkeepsie's African American History

Self-guided tour traces historical landmarks from the remnants of open air slave markets to the birth of the modern civil rights movement.

SEE ALSO:

• Nyack To Honor Toni Morrison At Bench Memorial Today
• Rockland Unveils Thurgood Marshall Human Rights Monument
• New Westchester Bridge Named For Civil Rights Martyrs
• 1 Tank Adventure: St. Paul's Church National Historic Site
• Pelham Dedicates Plaque To Civil Rights Leader