Big Onion Walking Tour: Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Historic Harlem

Sun Jan 17, 2021
1:00pm ET
Age: All
Price: Adults $30, Students & Seniors $20
Location:
Outside the Schomburg Center
(888) 606-WALK- (9255)
135th Street & Lenox Avenue, New York, NY,
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At the center of African American history and culture, Harlem is one of New York’s most significant neighborhoods. This tour explores the history of Harlem, from its origins as a Dutch village in the 1600s, through its transformation into the “Capital of Black America” by the 1920s.

Stops could include:

  • Abyssinian Baptist Church
  • The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
  • Striver’s Row
  • the Apollo Theater
  • the Big Apple Nightclub
  • and sites associated with W.E.B. Du Bois, the Harlem Renaissance, Madame C.J. Walker, Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, and many others.

 

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