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Overview

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.

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Take the #2 or #3 train to 116th Street stop. Walk North on Malcom X Boulevard/Lenox. There are other tours companies, do not go to any tour guide. Our guides, Sylvie, Kent or Pascal will come and pick you up.

End Point

End point

The Abyssinian Baptist Church

Language Offered

English-GUIDE

French-GUIDE

Itinerary

1. Mt Olivet Baptist Church
Mt. Olivet Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist church that has faithfully ministered and served our local community for over 200 years.
Duration: 15 mins
2. 118 W 120th St
The address refers to a section of Malcolm X Boulevard (formerly Lenox Avenue) in Harlem, New York City, specifically between 118th and 120th Streets. This area falls within the 10027 zip code. Malcolm X Boulevard runs north-south through Harlem, and the specified section is in the heart of the neighborhood.
Duration: 15 mins
3. Malcolm X Boulevard & West 124th Street
Malcolm X Blvd & W 124th St New York, NY 10027 USA. Harlem Renaissance
Duration: 15 mins
4. Apollo Theater
The iconic, world famous theater where countless musicians, comedians have performed.
Duration: 5 mins
5. Adam Clayton Powell Junior Boulevard & West 133rd Street
Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd & West 133rd Street, New York, NY, USA
Duration: 15 mins
6. Lenox Avenue & West 135th Street
Lenox Ave & West 135th Street, New York, NY, USA Songbird
Duration: 15 mins
7. Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Our licensed tour guide will share with you the history of this church. "The Freedom Church" was formed in 1796 by African-American members of the predominantly white John Street Methodist Church. Although that church was abolitionist in its orientation, racial segregation was still enforced in other ways. As one A.M.E. Zion historian described it: The colored members were not permitted to come to the sacrament (Holy Communion) until all the white members, even children, had communedhe first church foundation stone was laid in 1819, and the first rector, serving from 1826 to 1840, was the Rev. Peter Williams, Jr., a leading abolitionist and the first African-American Episcopal priest in New York. He was one of three blacks who served on the first executive committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society
Duration: 20 mins
8. Abyssinian Baptist Church
Our license tour guide will share with you the history of this church. Founded in 1808, Abyssinian Baptist Church is one of the oldest African-American Baptist churches in the United States. Housed in a landmark Gothic- and Tudor-style building in Harlem, Abyssinian embraces a rich history of worship, spiritual leadership, social activism and community service.
Duration: 20 mins

Inclusion

A Licensed New York city born Tour Guide with a portable video and audio system.

Exclusion

Hotel Pick Up

Cancellation Policy

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

  • 100% refund if cancelled 1+ days before the start date
  • 0% refund if cancelled less than 1 day(s) before the start date

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Public transportation options are available nearby

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level

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