The District of Columbia overwhelms you with the most powerful symbols of
our nationhood, the Capitol, White House, and Supreme Court.
Washington Monument obelisk is an homage to his Masonic roots ... More
competes with NYC for best on the East Coast ... More
SHOPS and GALLERIES
Looking for special shoes, handbags, artwork, nutritional supplements,
accessories, African Diaspora books, crafts, garments, incense ... More
CULTURAL SITES
Home to the National Museum of African Art,
Benjamin Banneker Memorial & Fountain, National Council of
Negro Women Headquarters, Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial ... More
SPAS and INNKEEPERS
DC has a feast of Black-owned spas to refresh your mind, body and spirit.
The innkeepers are also top notch ... More
BLACK GENESIS
Benjamin Banneker, was previously introduced
to and won L'Enfant's confidence to assist him on the job.
Mr. Banneker, a brilliant African American astronomer, author, inventor
and mathematician, completed the L'Enfant landscape design for
Washington, DC from memory after L'Enfant exited ... More
NATIONAL MONUMENTS
Most experienced travelers would agree, DC is a must visit, if only to see
the many astounding monuments to our nation. Soon
the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial will join them ... More
ART and HISTORY MUSEUMS
Even lifelong residents find it impossible to see every Smithsonian Museum
and the many other museums that are not,
so its best to have a game plan for your museum visits ... More
FAMILY ATTRACTIONS
With National Air & Space Museum as the world's most visited museum,
an encyclopedic National Museum of Natural History, tons of events at
Verizon Center and the magnificent National Zoo ... More
GENERAL ATTRACTIONS
Georgetown, a historically Black district that evolved into a premier village
in the nation's capital known for its charm and human scale; while
Adams Morgan is DC’s hottest district for funky shops and ... More
ABOLITIONIST and CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS
One writer describes the early District of Columbia as a slave emporium.
simultaneously, DC was a center of abolitionist activity
led by free persons of color ... More
OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION
On 20 January 2009, the world celebrated as Barack Obama became America's
44th President, a feat that few could have foretold when
he began his campaignmiraculous journey 22 months earlier ... More
U STREET - SHAW DISTRICT
Shaw District evolved into military camps during the Civil War, for former slaves
escaping from the South. One of these camps developed into
a neighborhood named in honor of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the white officer
who led the black Massachusetts 54th Regiment in the Civil War ... More
HISTORIC SITES
Counting Georgetown, Howard Theatre, the residences of Duke Ellington,
Mary Church Terrell, Frederick Douglass, Paul Lawrence Dunbar,
Senator Edward Brooke, Carter G. Woodson, George Bell, Ralph Bunche,
Anna J. Cooper, Whitelaw Hotel, Anthony Bowen YMCA, DC has ... More
TRIVIA - FAMOUS RESIDENTS
More than 1.2 million African Americans live in the 5.4 million
Washington Metro Area ... More
RESEARCH CREDITS:
Leonard Dorsey
Kalin Thomas
Thomas Dorsey
Sheila Umolu
Christine Young
Kara Alford
Calvin Young
BLACK CULTURAL TRAVEL MADE EASY