List of African American neighborhoods

There are hundreds of African American neighborhoods. This list contains neighborhoods that have been described as predominantly or historically African American.

Albany, New York

 * Arbor Hill

Atlanta, Georgia

 * Adamsville
 * Bankhead
 * Ben Hill
 * Cascade Heights
 * College Park
 * Collier Heights
 * East Atlanta
 * East Point
 * Kirkwood
 * Mechanicsville
 * Old Fourth Ward
 * Sandtown
 * Summerhill
 * Sweet Auburn
 * Washington Park
 * West End

The city the hosts the Atlanta University Center, the largest consortium of historically Black colleges and universities in the country.

Baltimore, Maryland

 * Barclay
 * Berea
 * Broadway East
 * Cherry Hill
 * East Baltimore Midway
 * Ednor Gardens-Lakeside
 * Edmondson
 * Greenmount West
 * Johnston Square
 * Jonestown
 * Middle East
 * Mosher
 * Oliver
 * Rosemont
 * Sandtown-Winchester
 * Upton
 * Wilson Park

Benton Harbor, Michigan

 * Benton Harbor

Berkeley, California

 * South Berkeley

Birmingham, Alabama

 * Titusville

Birmingham was a focal point of the civil rights movement, and where the Birmingham campaign took place.

Boston, Massachusetts

 * Dorchester
 * Mattapan
 * Roxbury

Buffalo, New York

 * East Side

Charlotte, North Carolina

 * Biddleville

Chicago

 * Ashburn
 * Austin
 * Avalon Park
 * Burnside
 * Cabrini-Green
 * Calumet Heights
 * Chatham
 * Chicago Lawn
 * Douglas aka Bronzeville
 * East Garfield Park
 * Englewood
 * Fuller Park
 * Grand Boulevard
 * Grand Crossing
 * Hyde Park
 * Kenwood
 * Morgan Park
 * Near South Side
 * Near West Side
 * North Lawndale
 * Oakland
 * Pullman
 * Riverdale
 * Rogers Park
 * Roseland
 * South Chicago
 * South Deering
 * South Shore
 * The South Side
 * Washington Heights
 * Washington Park
 * West Englewood
 * West Garfield Park
 * West Pullman
 * Woodlawn

Cook County

 * Bellwood
 * Broadview
 * Burnham
 * Calumet City
 * Calumet Park
 * Country Club Hills
 * Dixmoor
 * Dolton
 * Ford Heights
 * Harvey
 * Hazel Crest
 * Markham
 * Matteson
 * Maywood
 * Olympia Fields
 * Phoenix
 * Richton Park
 * Riverdale
 * Robbins

Cincinnati, Ohio

 * Over-the-Rhine
 * Avondale

Cleveland, Ohio

 * Glenville

Eastside Cleveland which includes Hough, St. Clair, Superior, and Glenville.

Columbus, Ohio

 * Mount Vernon

Dallas and Dallas County, Texas

 * Lancaster
 * Oak Cliff
 * South Dallas

Denver, Colorado

 * Five Points
 * North Park Hill
 * Northeast Park Hill

Detroit, Michigan

 * Black Bottom
 * Conant Gardens
 * Dexter-Linwood
 * Highland Park

Here the 12th Street Riot and Detroit Race Riot (1943) took place.

East St. Louis, Illinois

 * East St. Louis

Home of the racially charged East St. Louis Riot.

Fort Worth, Texas

 * Como
 * Stop Six

Gary, Indiana

 * Gary

Hosted the ground-breaking 1972 National Black Political Convention.

Hartford, Connecticut

 * North End

Henrico County, Virginia

 * East Highland Park
 * Highland Springs
 * Montrose

Houston, Texas

 * Acres Homes
 * Clinton Park
 * Fifth Ward
 * Fourth Ward
 * Independence Heights
 * Sharpstown
 * South Park
 * Sunnyside
 * Third Ward

Indianapolis, Indiana

 * Indiana Avenue

Jackson, Mississippi

 * Tougaloo
 * University Park/Palisades

Civil rights leader Medgar Evers was based here, and was murdered as well. The Freedom Ride] also visited here, as the farthest out place they went.

Kansas City, Missouri

 * 18th and Vine

Louisville, Kentucky

 * Park DuValle

Was a stop on the Underground Railroad.

Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Los Angeles County, California

 * Baldwin Hills
 * Baldwin Village
 * Baldwin Vista
 * Compton
 * Crenshaw
 * Eastside
 * Hyde Park
 * Ladera Heights
 * Leimert Park
 * North Inglewood
 * Watts
 * West Athens
 * West Compton
 * Westmont
 * View Park-Windsor Hills

Marin County, California

 * Marin City

Memphis, Tennessee

 * Orange Mound
 * South Memphis
 * Whitehaven

Miami, Florida

 * Liberty City
 * Little Haiti
 * Overtown
 * Upper Eastside

The 1979 death of Arthur McDuffie at the hands of white Miami-Dade police officers led to one of the worst race riots in American history.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

 * Bronzeville
 * Havenwoods

Minneapolis, Minnesota

 * Near North

New Haven, Connecticut

 * The Hill

New Orleans, Louisiana

 * Broadmoor
 * Bywater
 * Calliope Projects
 * Central City
 * Certain areas in Algiers
 * Desire Area
 * Desire Projects
 * Dixon
 * Faubourg Marigny
 * Fischer Projects
 * Florida Area
 * Florida Projects
 * Gert Town (Zion City)
 * Hollygrove
 * Iberville Projects
 * Lafitte Projects
 * Lower 9th Ward
 * Magnolia Projects
 * Marlyville
 * Melphomene Projects
 * Mid3City
 * Nigga Town (N-Town)
 * Pigeon Town (P-Town)
 * Seventh Ward
 * St. Bernard Projects
 * St. Claude
 * St. Roch
 * St. Thomas Projects
 * Treme
 * Tulane/Gravier

Features three of the leading historically black colleges and universities in the United States.

The Bronx

 * Baychester
 * Castle Hill
 * Co-op City
 * Morrisania
 * Mott Haven
 * Williamsbridge

Brooklyn

 * Bedford-Stuyvesant
 * Brownsville
 * Canarsie
 * Crown Heights
 * East Flatbush
 * East New York
 * Flatbush
 * Fort Greene
 * Ocean Hill
 * Stuyvesant Heights
 * Weeksville

Manhattan

 * Hamilton Heights
 * Harlem
 * San Juan Hill
 * The Tenderloin

Queens

 * Arverne
 * Briarwood
 * Cambria Heights
 * East Elmhurst
 * Far Rockaway
 * Hollis
 * Jamaica
 * Laurelton
 * LeFrak City
 * Rochdale Village
 * Rosedale
 * St. Albans
 * South Jamaica
 * South Ozone Park
 * Queensbridge
 * Queens Village

Staten Island

 * Clifton
 * Mariners Harbor
 * Sandy Ground

Nassau County

 * East Garden City
 * Hempstead
 * Lakeview
 * North Valley Stream
 * Roosevelt
 * South Floral Park
 * Uniondale
 * New Cassel

Suffolk County

 * Wyandanch
 * Gordon Heights
 * North Amityville
 * Wheatley Heights

Northern New Jersey

 * Asbury Park
 * East Orange
 * Hillside
 * Irvington
 * Newark
 * Orange
 * Plainfield
 * Roselle
 * Trenton

Rockland County

 * Central Nyack
 * Heritage Dr., New City
 * Hillcrest
 * Nyack
 * Spring Valley

Westchester County

 * Mount Vernon
 * Southwest Yonkers

Norfolk, Virginia

 * Park Place

Oakland, California

 * Brookfield Village
 * Elmhurst
 * Golden Gate
 * Seminary
 * Sobrante Park
 * West Oakland

The Black Panther Party was founded as a response to police brutality.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

 * Eastside

Langston University is the only historically black college in the state.

Omaha, Nebraska

 * The Near North Side

Orange County, Florida

 * Eatonville
 * Pine Hills

Petersburg, Virginia

 * Petersburg

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 * Allegheny West
 * Cobbs Creek
 * Eastwick
 * Fern Rock
 * Germantown
 * Grays Ferry
 * Haddington
 * Hawthorne
 * Mantua
 * Mount Airy
 * Nicetown-Tioga
 * North Central
 * Overbrook
 * Parkside
 * Point Breeze
 * Southwest Center City
 * Walnut Hill
 * Wynnefield

Phoenix, Arizona

 * Maryvale
 * South Phoenix

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 * The Hill District
 * Homewood

Portland, Oregon

 * King

Richmond, California

 * Iron Triangle
 * North Richmond
 * Parchester Village

Richmond, Virginia

 * Jackson Ward

Riverside-San Bernardino, California

 * University Ave. Park Riverside
 * Mount Vernon Ave. San Bernardino

San Diego, California

 * City Heights
 * South San Diego

San Francisco, California

 * Bayview-Hunters Point
 * Fillmore District
 * Western Addition

St. Louis and St. Louis County, Missouri

 * Berkeley
 * Jennings
 * Kinloch
 * Normandy
 * Old North St. Louis
 * Pine Lawn
 * The Ville

Seattle, Washington

 * The Central District

Southern New Jersey

 * Atlantic City
 * Camden
 * Chesilhurst
 * Lawnside
 * Pleasantville
 * Salem
 * Seabrook Farms
 * Willingboro

Tacoma, Washington

 * Hilltop Neighborhood

Tampa, Florida

 * College Hill

Tulsa, Oklahoma

 * Greenwood

Washington, D.C.

 * Anacostia
 * Barry Farm
 * Shaw
 * The Strivers' Section
 * U Street Corridor

Washington has had a significant black population since the city's creation. It was the first major city in America to become majority black and the first major city in America to have a majority black police department.