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Atlanta Black History Tour: Explore African-American Heritage

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993 Ratings

Atlanta

Uncover the rich African-American heritage and pivotal civil rights movement in Atlanta with our immersive 4-hour black history and culture tour. Discover historic sites, famous neighborhoods, HBCUs, Hollywood film locations, and more.

Duration: 4 hours

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

Underground Atlanta - Heart of Atlanta! Where Atlanta began.
-Amazing unknown facts!! See Five Points District and the Birthplace of Coca Cola
Georgia State Capitol - Atlanta’s Government Center
-Atlanta City Hall
-Fulton County Courthouse
-Georgia Depot
Atlanta Olympic Cauldron Tower - Pass by the Olympic Stadium & Torch and relive the 1996 olympic moments. Amazing unknown facts!
-Atlanta Fulton County Stadium
-Baseball legend Hank Aaron
-Historic Summerhill
Tyler Perry Studios - Fun Stop for selfies and group photos
*Note: Visitors are only allowed to enter the studio welcome entrance area after 5pm Friday, all-day Sat & Sun and holidays per Tyler Perry mgmt.
Madea’s House - The Original Madea House that Tyler Perry filmed popular movies like “Diary of a Mad Black Women and Family Reunion.
West End Historic District - West End Atlanta-One of Atlantaâs spiritually rich and pro-black historic neighborhoods.
-Beautiful Victorian Homes
-Beautiful Street Arts Murals
-Popular locally Black-owned businesses
Shrine of the Black Madonna - Atlanta oldest bookstore and culture center
*Great street art murals and famous black-owned businesses
Atlanta University Center Historic District - HBCU’s-Atlanta University Center (Largest Consortium of black colleges in the country) Morehouse College, Spellman College, Clark Atlanta University, Morris Brown College, Interdenominational Theological Center, Morehouse school of Medicine
-Famous Film locations
Vine City - See historic Civil Rights landmarks from schools, restaurants, businesses to Civil Rights headquarters to Civil Rights soldiers residences.
Mercedes Benz Stadium - Cruising through the Centennial Olympic attractions and see the great views of Mercedes Benz stadium, CNN Center, State Farm Arena, and Downtown Atlanta’s beautiful skyline.
Castleberry Hill Historic District - Atlantaâs hidden jewel for eclectic, laid-back, rich art gallery scenery.
-Paschalâs Restaurant
-(OLG) Old Lady Gang Restaurant
-The Glam Shop
-Frost Bistro & Bar
-Escobar Restaurant & Tapas
-The Castleberry filming Back lot of famous movies & TV shows
Sweet Auburn - Once Atlantaâs richest Negro Street in the world.
-Woodruff Park, Atlanta Daily World (1st black daily newspaper)
-Atlanta Life, Apex Museum, Royal Peacock,
SCLC Headquarters, Historic Black churches
-Beautiful Civil Rights art murals
-Famous Movie locations
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site - Home to one of the greatest freedom fighters, Dr. MLK Jr! See
Ebenezer Baptist Church, MLKâs Birth Home, The King Center
The Visitors Center and more
Edgewood Avenue Southeast - Historic Old 4th Ward District known for beautiful street art murals and Eclectic Bar District.
-The Swag Shop, Esca Seafood & Bar, Cafe Circa Resturant & Bar
Haroldâs Chicken & Ice Bar, Fin & Feathers, BQE Resturant & Lounge
The Municipal Market - *Atlantaâs historic gem! Lunch stop Great food and snack options from Independent/family-owned eateries like Soul food, BBQ, New Orleans, seafood West African & Asian cuisines, wide selections of herbs & spices and much more.
Grady Hospital
Butler Street YMCA

What's Included

Bottled water provided for hydration
Experienced local driver/tour guide
Air-conditioned transport for comfort
Multiple stops for exploration and selfies
Optional lunch stop for a local taste

What's Not Included

Gratuities (suggested)
Food
Child Car Seat
Parking rates range $10-$30 Parking lots are located about one block from Atlanta Marriott Marquis

Additional Information

Be a part of our thrilling Black History and Civil Rights journey as we traverse in time. There’s no better setting to explore African-American legacy than the epicenter of the Civil Rights Movement itself. Highlighting historical locations and the much-discussed black historic neighborhoods, such as Summerhill, The West End, Downtown Atlanta, Old 4th Ward, and the Historic Sweet Auburn Ave District. During this 4-hour excursion, you will be engrossed in black arts and culture, civil rights milestones, pioneering HBCU’s, Tyler Perry Studios, along with well-known Hollywood Film & TV spots and more. These aspects contribute to Atlanta’s nickname ‘The Black Mecca’ and make it one of the key places for Black History and Culture. This tour offers more depth than any other, enabling you to completely grasp the historical and cultural importance of our innovative city.

This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel is the meet-up location for all travelers. Good location that’s using using Marta train riders, Uber/Lyft drop offs. The hotel has comfortable lobby seating, clean bathrooms, and Starbucks (opened 6am-1pm only) Parking is available, but isn’t free! The parking garages and lots are located about one block from the hotel. Parking rates range $10-$30. Most important to arrive 25-30 minutes before tour departure.
Tour operates in all weather. Umbrella or rain poncho is recommended for for light rain. For extreme weather conditions, please call the phone number on your voucher to reconfirm tour operation.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 14 travelers
The morning tour starts from 9:30am-1:30pm and the afternoon tour 2:15pm-6:15pm

Location

Atlanta Marriott Marquis

Peachtree Center Avenue Northeast

Meetup at the hotel’s STREET curbside for pickup (You’ll see a big grey sign on the hotel STREET curbside entrance that’ll display “Marriott Marquis Atlanta” The sign is located directly across the street from the Hyatt Regency. Paid-parking is available one block from the hotel. Arrive 15min early

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Janet_a

Apr 22, 2024

History lesson at its finest… - This tour did not disappoint! Our history goes deep & this tour definitely shed a lot of light on it. Our tour guide, Jeff was very knowledgeable, informative, & helpful; he definitely has a passion for what he does. A memorable experience you will never forget.

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Danielle_l

Apr 22, 2024

Worth it - Our tour guides Jeff and his partner (I forgot her name! But she was *excellent* and excited about taking pictures for us at the different sites) were really good. Jeff made it interactive and fun, sharing facts, jokes, and history at every point of the journey. We really enjoyed that he took us into certain businesses (and he knew the owners personally) and let us out to look at some of the centers on the tour. Pickup was easy-- at the Marriot **on the street**, not on the Marriot property/parking areas at all). And dropoff was exactly in the same location. As an Atlanta native, Jeff also did a great job of navigating around the city in directions/routes that avoided most of the heavy traffic. They use a cool app where we can upload/share pix from the trip with other riders so that everyone has good pictures regardless of on which side of the van you sit. They also have a monitor in the van that Jeff used to share pictures/videos about the locations we visited and important historical/contemporary people to know about. This helped to give visuals to the stories he was sharing.

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Don6981

Apr 20, 2024

Roundabout's Black History and Civil Rights Tour. - Excellent tour! Our guide was very knowledgeable of the various areas in and Atlanta and their history including some areas not visited by other tours. Several stops allowed us to get out and walk around and explore on our own. Would highly recommend this tour to anyone! Take the tour--you won't be disappointed

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Wnc-gal-2022

Apr 20, 2024

Atlanta's Black History Tour is a MUST DO! - April 2024: Atlanta's Black History Tour is a MUST DO! Our driver and tour guide, Jeffrey, was so knowledgeable about Atlanta's black history and the civil rights movement and its icons. This was our first visit to Atlanta and this tour was a highlight of our trip. 4-hours may seem long for a tour, but I don't know how Jeffrey and the Roundabout team packed all the sites and information into that block of time. It includes so much important information about Atlanta's black community; historic neighborhoods and universities, entrepreneurs, Atlanta history and urban evolution; interesting stops along the way and fun photo ops. Roundabout Atlanta Tours & Transportation is the way to go. Thank you for sharing your city with us. MB & Don

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792shay

Apr 15, 2024

10/10 Experience! - Our tour guide, Jeff, was wonderful. He took us to a number of Black owned spots all around the city. The historical facts were aplenty and so were the jokes. This is a great way to immerse yourself in Black History and Cutlure in Atlanta. I highly recommend this tour! We had a great time!

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Marcella_c

Apr 14, 2024

Awesome - Our tour guide Omar was so knowledgeable and personal. He made the experience the absolute BEST. Plan to take the entire family very experience.

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Tonya_c

Apr 8, 2024

Amazing historical tour - I learned a lot and the guide was excellent and very knowledgeable. So much rich history to learn. The stop at the MLK Center for non-violent change.

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Ronda_s

Apr 7, 2024

Choice one not both - Jeff was awesome very people friendly down to earth. With the pictures he brought the location to life He put really good comedy in the details of his descriptions. I will say this though if you want to learn a lot about (ATL) then choice this one over the (trolley). I wouldn't suggest both there is a lot of repeats.

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Danielle_b

Apr 7, 2024

Great tour - It wa s great your and Jeff kept it so real and told the black history of Atlanta so well that you’d think that he lived during those times. The front seat passenger was rather talkative n disturbed the tour which do annoy the other passengers who were recording or trying to hear Jeff. I was disappointed that we couldn’t stop at Tyler Perry’s studios due to filming n MLK birth home for renovations but that isn’t in your company’s control. I enjoyed being able to see the true neighborhoods n people of Atlanta as well as the culture and colleges. My only complaint was that I’m 5’11 and a big boned girl so that last row seat was so tight and the ride was so currently uncomfortable for me and my knees are still aching from yesterday!! I heard that the tour is being extended to other areas so wish I would’ve waited but I will definitely be bringing my family and friends to do the updated tour when they come down to visit!!

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