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Out of history's shame
I arise
Up from the past that's rooted in pain
I arise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide
Welling and swelling I bear the tide
- Maya Angelou
AFRICAN HERITAGE
IN THE
DIASPORA
DIASPORA - where
- the fruits of slavery were reaped
- the reminders of slavery cannot be wished away
- the legacy of slavery is abundantly evident
- the price of slavery is paid everyday
- the indelible marks of slavery is forever permanent
AFRICAN HERITAGE IN THE CARIBBEAN
This tours take you to places in the Caribbean, where Black Heritage is manifested in various forms:
The Bahamas:
- Pompey Museum
- Fort Fincastle
- Queen's Staircase
- Clifton Heritage National Park
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Puerto Rico:
- The Black Community of Loiza
- The African Museum
- Black Art Galleries
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St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Fort Christian
- Emancipation Gardens
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AFRICAN HERITAGE IN THE UNITED STATES
AFRICAN HERITAGE IN THE UNITED STATES
The United States:
- The history of Africans in the United States of America (Before its founding to the present)
- Frederick Douglas' home, Washington, DC
- Fort Mose, St. Augustine, Florida. This was the first black community in the United States
- The African-American Museum of History and Culture, Washington, DC
- The United States Capitol
- Rosa Parks
- Frederick Douglas
- Slave labor
- Washington, DC Mall
- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jnr.
- The African Museum of Art
- The African Section, Museum of Natural History
- Benjamin Banneker - the layout of Washington, DC
- Sally Hemmings - Monticello, Home of Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville, VA
- Mount Vernon, Home of George Washington, VA
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