Places

A map of documented lives

62 representative place points linked to all 36 figures. Points mark modern Census areas — not historical addresses.

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Birthplace29
Roots / education37
Work58
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Approximate straight-line distances between representative area points—not driving distances or exact historical addresses. County-level matches have additional uncertainty. Foreign places (e.g. Rome) and broad regions are listed in each article but not pinned.

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List version of the map: 61 places, 124 figure–place links shown.

Atlanta city, GA
33.7629, -84.4227 · Census representative point
- Charles Henry Turner — Work
Baltimore city, MD
39.3001, -76.6105 · Census representative point
- Valerie Thomas — Roots / education
Beaufort city, SC
32.4531, -80.7186 · Census representative point
- Robert Smalls — Birthplace
- Robert Smalls — Work
Berkeley city, CA
37.8657, -122.2987 · Census representative point
- Sargent Claude Johnson — Work
- Betty Reid Soskin — Work
- Miriam Matthews — Roots / education
Birmingham city, AL
33.5272, -86.7970 · Census representative point
- Annie Easley — Birthplace
Boston city, MA
42.3327, -71.0135 · Census representative point
- Sargent Claude Johnson — Birthplace
- Edmonia Lewis — Work
Buckingham County, VA
37.5739, -78.5292 · Census representative point
- Carter G. Woodson — Birthplace
Charleston city, SC
32.8280, -79.9729 · Census representative point
- Ernest Everett Just — Birthplace
- Robert Smalls — Work
Chelsea city, MA
42.3968, -71.0313 · Census representative point
- Lewis Latimer — Birthplace
Chicago city, IL
41.8370, -87.6849 · Census representative point
- Percy Julian — Work
- Oscar Micheaux — Work
- Charles Henry Turner — Roots / education
Cincinnati city, OH
39.1402, -84.5058 · Census representative point
- Frederick McKinley Jones — Birthplace
- Charles Henry Turner — Birthplace
- Charles Henry Turner — Roots / education
- Granville T. Woods — Work
Cleveland city, OH
41.4785, -81.6794 · Census representative point
- Annie Easley — Roots / education
- Annie Easley — Work
Columbus city, OH
39.9874, -82.9852 · Census representative point
- Granville T. Woods — Birthplace
Dahlgren CDP, VA
38.3420, -77.0643 · Census representative point
- Gladys West — Work
Detroit city, MI
42.3830, -83.1022 · Census representative point
- Betty Reid Soskin — Birthplace
Dinwiddie County, VA
37.0735, -77.6355 · Census representative point
- Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley — Birthplace
- Gladys West — Birthplace
Grand Rapids city, MI
42.9612, -85.6556 · Census representative point
- Emory Douglas — Birthplace
Green Cove Springs city, FL
29.9853, -81.6810 · Census representative point
- Augusta Savage — Birthplace
Greenbelt city, MD
38.9947, -76.8854 · Census representative point
- Valerie Thomas — Work
Greencastle city, IN
39.6418, -86.8463 · Census representative point
- Percy Julian — Roots / education
- Percy Julian — Work
Hallock city, MN
48.7654, -96.9425 · Census representative point
- Frederick McKinley Jones — Roots / education
- Frederick McKinley Jones — Work
Hanover CDP, NH
43.7116, -72.2732 · Census representative point
- Ernest Everett Just — Roots / education
Hillsborough town, NC
36.0666, -79.0981 · Census representative point
- Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley — Roots / education
Huntington city, WV
38.4093, -82.4335 · Census representative point
- Carter G. Woodson — Roots / education
James Island town, SC
32.7361, -79.9372 · Census representative point
- Ernest Everett Just — Roots / education
Lenox CDP, MA
42.3612, -73.2868 · Census representative point
- James Van Der Zee — Birthplace
Little Rock city, AR
34.7232, -92.3563 · Census representative point
- William Grant Still — Roots / education
Los Angeles city, CA
34.0194, -118.4108 · Census representative point
- Charlotta Bass — Work
- Patricia Bath — Work
- Evelyn Boyd Granville — Work
- Augustus F. Hawkins — Roots / education
- Bridget “Biddy” Mason — Work
- Miriam Matthews — Roots / education
- Miriam Matthews — Work
- William Grant Still — Work
- Paul Revere Williams — Birthplace
- Paul Revere Williams — Roots / education
- Paul Revere Williams — Work
Minneapolis city, MN
44.9633, -93.2683 · Census representative point
- Frederick McKinley Jones — Work
Montclair township, NJ
40.8250, -74.2109 · Census representative point
- Dorothy Porter Wesley — Roots / education
Montgomery city, AL
32.3463, -86.2686 · Census representative point
- Percy Julian — Birthplace
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN
36.1722, -86.7846 · Census representative point
- Arturo Alfonso Schomburg — Work
New Haven city, CT
41.3108, -72.9250 · Census representative point
- Evelyn Boyd Granville — Roots / education
New Orleans city, LA
30.0529, -89.9345 · Census representative point
- Betty Reid Soskin — Roots / education
- Annie Easley — Roots / education
New York city, NY
40.6627, -73.9387 · Census representative point
- Patricia Bath — Birthplace
- Patricia Bath — Work
- William Grant Still — Roots / education
- William Grant Still — Work
- Jane Bolin — Work
- Marie Van Brittan Brown — Birthplace
- Marie Van Brittan Brown — Roots / education
- Marie Van Brittan Brown — Work
- Oscar Micheaux — Work
- Bayard Rustin — Work
- Augusta Savage — Work
- Arturo Alfonso Schomburg — Roots / education
- Arturo Alfonso Schomburg — Work
- Granville T. Woods — Roots / education
- Granville T. Woods — Work
- James Van Der Zee — Roots / education
- James Van Der Zee — Work
Northampton city, MA
42.3270, -72.6746 · Census representative point
- Evelyn Boyd Granville — Roots / education
Oakland city, CA
37.7699, -122.2257 · Census representative point
- Sargent Claude Johnson — Work
- Mary Ellen Pleasant — Work
- Betty Reid Soskin — Roots / education
Pensacola city, FL
30.4410, -87.1912 · Census representative point
- Miriam Matthews — Birthplace
Petersburg city, VA
37.2047, -77.3924 · Census representative point
- Gladys West — Roots / education
Poughkeepsie city, NY
41.6946, -73.9199 · Census representative point
- Jane Bolin — Birthplace
- Jane Bolin — Work
Providence city, RI
41.8231, -71.4188 · Census representative point
- Charlotta Bass — Roots / education
Richmond city, CA
37.9523, -122.3606 · Census representative point
- Betty Reid Soskin — Work
Ripley village, OH
38.7308, -83.8329 · Census representative point
- Charles Young — Roots / education
Sacramento city, CA
38.5677, -121.4682 · Census representative point
- Augustus F. Hawkins — Work
San Bernardino city, CA
34.1411, -117.2946 · Census representative point
- Bridget “Biddy” Mason — Roots / education
San Francisco city, CA
37.7749, -122.4194 · GeoNames populated-city point
- Emory Douglas — Roots / education
- Sargent Claude Johnson — Work
- Mary Ellen Pleasant — Work
- Charles Young — Work
San Juan zona urbana, Puerto Rico
18.4046, -66.0637 · Census representative point
- Arturo Alfonso Schomburg — Birthplace
Saugerties village, NY
42.0742, -73.9419 · Census representative point
- Augusta Savage — Work
Seattle city, WA
47.6193, -122.3515 · Census representative point
- Alice Augusta Ball — Birthplace
- Alice Augusta Ball — Roots / education
Shreveport city, LA
32.4669, -93.7922 · Census representative point
- Augustus F. Hawkins — Birthplace
Sioux City city, IA
42.4954, -96.3895 · Census representative point
- Oscar Micheaux — Work
St. Louis city, MO
38.6357, -90.2446 · Census representative point
- Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley — Roots / education
- Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley — Work
- Charles Henry Turner — Work
Tyler city, TX
32.3173, -95.3064 · Census representative point
- Evelyn Boyd Granville — Work
Urban Honolulu CDP, HI
21.3243, -157.8476 · Census representative point
- Alice Augusta Ball — Roots / education
- Alice Augusta Ball — Work
Warrenton town, VA
38.7154, -77.7976 · Census representative point
- Dorothy Porter Wesley — Birthplace
Washington city, DC
38.9042, -77.0165 · Census representative point
- Patricia Bath — Roots / education
- Evelyn Boyd Granville — Birthplace
- Evelyn Boyd Granville — Work
- Augustus F. Hawkins — Work
- Mary Ann Shadd Cary — Work
- Percy Julian — Work
- Ernest Everett Just — Work
- Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley — Work
- Bayard Rustin — Work
- Robert Smalls — Work
- Dorothy Porter Wesley — Work
- Carter G. Woodson — Work
West Chester borough, PA
39.9599, -75.6054 · Census representative point
- Mary Ann Shadd Cary — Roots / education
- Bayard Rustin — Birthplace
West Palm Beach city, FL
26.7451, -80.1270 · Census representative point
- Augusta Savage — Roots / education
Wilmington city, DE
39.7357, -75.5321 · Census representative point
- Mary Ann Shadd Cary — Birthplace
Woods Hole CDP, MA
41.5287, -70.6665 · Census representative point
- Ernest Everett Just — Work
Woodville town, MS
31.1029, -91.2993 · Census representative point
- William Grant Still — Birthplace