Black History Tours Baltimore
Jae Jones
Bromo District/ Market Center Tour
Bromo District/ Market Center Tour
Jae is the owner and operator of Black History Tours Baltimore. He is an avid consumer of historical non-fiction and fiction: primarily titles about black history. He has been committed to regularly digging through archives and searching titles to better understand the hidden and forgotten histories of the African diaspora and enslaved peoples. This company has been the ideal vehicle to channel his body of knowledge to interested tour goers. Baltimore is 60% African American and is rich with stories of black history, black present and black future.
Bromo District/ Market Center Tour
Bromo District/ Market Center Tour
Bromo District/ Market Center Tour
We will meet at a minority owned coffee shop for guests to get refreshments and use facilities before embarking on a invigorating and stimulating tour of the city. Focusing on the social justice and black history of the area once known as Market Center, this guided tour of the Bromo Arts District, will give facts about the historic impact this area has had on the city and the nation. The information provided on this tour has been researched from the Baltimore city archives, Maryland center of history and culture and the Enoch Pratt free library. Some of the stops on this tour include old and new Lexington Market, Westminster Hall (gravesite of Edgar Allen Poe), the Hippodrome Theatre, the Eubie Blake Center, and the Mayfair Theatre. Our guests will walk away with a new perspective on the black history in Baltimore and the importance of a well-rounded understanding of history in this nation.
Fells Point Tour
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. We will meet at a minority owned restaurant before embarking on an invigorating and stimulating tour of the city. Focusing on the social justice and black history of the area known as Fells Point, this guided tour will give facts about the historic impact this area has had on the city and the nation. The information provided on this tour has been researched from the Baltimore city archives, Maryland center of history and culture and the Enoch Pratt free library. Some of the stops on this tour include old and new Broadway Market, Happy Alley (the house where Frederick Douglass started to learn how to read), Billie Holiday Row, Keystone Korner, and Frederick-Myers Maritime Park. Our guests will walk away with a new perspective on the black history in Baltimore and the importance of a well-rounded understanding of history in this nation.
What we are all about
What we are all about
What we are all about
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