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African-American heritage tours
With Leap Year we get an extra day for Black History Month. Even so, February is not enough to highlight all the places one might go to find out about African-American contributions. With just a few hours left, here are several tours designed to provide a scope of African-American history and culture. You don't need to wait until next February--these are any time of year offerings.
In Washington, D.C., the company, Sightseeing Tours--The African American Tour specialists has three walking tour options: Walking in the Footsteps of Martin Luther King Jr. Tour; Duke Ellington's Jazz Tour; and the Historical Educational Tour of U Street. U Street was the heart of the African American community from 1920-1950. The photo is of the Duke Ellington Mural on U Street. The company also has bus tours. The African American Heritage and Culture tour covers 200 years of history.
The African-American Heritage Tour in Durham, North Carolina includes North Carolina Central University, the first public liberal arts school for African-Americans and Stagville, a former plantation that is now a center for study about African-American life during slavery.
For a do-it-yourself itinerary of African-American sites in Mississippi, here are some suggestions. One place to stop is the Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center in Jackson. Here's a place to learn about the "work, lifestyle and contributions of African Americans. One of them is Richard Wright who wrote the book Native Son.
The Quest for Freedom, Living History Tour in Columbia, Pennsylvania covers includes stops on the Underground Railroad.
In Savannah, Georgia, the African Influence Tour includes slavery, Gullah culture, Underground Railroad landmarks and the oldest African-American Baptist church in the United States.
The African-American Heritage tour in Detroit, Michigan has a menu of three tour options that encompass the scope of historical sites and landmarks.
The Black Heritage Trail tours in Boston, Massachusetts are offered by the Museum of African American History and cover the 19th century African-American community in this city.
What I've listed here are not all of the African-American Heritage tours by a long shot, but they are a place to start.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jay Nov 12th 2008 6:16AM
Great article, great information! FYI -- The Charlotte Black/African-American Heritage Tour(sm) has been operating since 1993.
Jay Aug 24th 2011 1:44PM
Let's not forget about the Charlotte Black/African-American Heritage Tour @ http://queencitytours.com/Services-Individuals.htm#DBHT