• Mt Olivet Baptist Church - Mt. Olivet Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist congregation that has been dedicated to serving the local community for over two centuries.
• 118 W 120th St - This address is located on Malcolm X Boulevard (formerly Lenox Avenue) in Harlem, New York City, specifically between 118th and 120th Streets, within the 10027 zip code. Malcolm X Boulevard runs north-south through Harlem, and this section is centrally located in the neighborhood.
• Malcolm X Boulevard & West 124th Street - Malcolm X Blvd & W 124th St, New York, NY 10027, USA. Harlem Renaissance
• Apollo Theater - The renowned, world-famous theater where numerous musicians and comedians have performed.
• Adam Clayton Powell Junior Boulevard & West 133rd Street - Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd & West 133rd Street, New York, NY, USA
• Lenox Avenue & West 135th Street - Lenox Ave & West 135th Street, New York, NY, USA Songbird
• Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church - A licensed tour guide will share the history of this church. “The Freedom Church” was established in 1796 by African-American members of the predominantly white John Street Methodist Church. Although the church was abolitionist, racial segregation was still practiced in other ways. As one A.M.E. Zion historian noted: The colored members were not allowed to partake in the sacrament (Holy Communion) until all the white members, even children, had communed. The first church foundation stone was laid in 1819, and the first rector, serving from 1826 to 1840, was the Rev. Peter Williams, Jr., a prominent abolitionist and the first African-American Episcopal priest in New York. He was one of three black individuals who served on the first executive committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society.
• Abyssinian Baptist Church - A licensed tour guide will share the history of this church. Founded in 1808, Abyssinian Baptist Church is one of the oldest African-American Baptist churches in the United States. Located in a landmark Gothic- and Tudor-style building in Harlem, Abyssinian is steeped in a rich history of worship, spiritual leadership, social activism, and community service.

• Licensed New York City-born Tour Guide
• Portable video and audio system

• Hotel Pick Up

The tour is conducted by a New York City licensed tour guide. We offer this tour in French or English. Our tour guides are native speakers if each languages. In this tour we will visit 9 landmark sites which include the first Black Episcopal, Methodist, Pentecostal, and Baptist churches. We will examine their history, their leaders, and their role in the anti-slavery movement as well as the civil rights movement. This tour also looks at the role of Gospel music in the history of the Black church. We will study its growth from the ring shout (the foundation of all African American music), to the Spirituals, the role of the Protestant hymnals, ending with what became known as Gospel Blues, today simply called Gospel music. The tour ends with a visit to a church service where we will listen to a live Gospel choir, it is not a concert but a real church service.

• Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level

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