The Caviel Museum of African-American History is housed in the first pharmacy in the United States owned and operated by an African-American husband and wife, Alfred and Billie Caviel. After running a successful business for nearly 50 years they retired, donating their store to the Roots Historical Arts Council with the dream of turning it into a museum that would one day represent African-American culture.

This goal was achieved in 2015 when the museum becoming the first of its kind in West Texas. Its walls are adorned with black and white photos of African-American doctors, nurses, and dentists including one of M.D. Bernard Harris, an astronaut at NASA and the first African-American to walk in space.

Address: Caviel Museum of African-American History, 1719 Avenue A, Lubbock, TX, Phone: 806-928-4268

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