by Howard Blount | Jul 5, 2020
Experience Coastal Mississippi’s rich African American heritage at Biloxi Beach, the Pleasant Reed House, St. Rose de Lima Catholic Church, and the 100 Men Hall. I was a guest of Coastal Mississippi, but all thoughts and opinions are my own. This post may...
by Howard Blount | May 24, 2020
Explore the Forrest County Courthouse, the Sixth Street Museum District, the 1964 Freedom Summer Trail, and more memorable African American heritage sites in Hattiesburg MS. I was a guest of Visit Hattiesburg, but all thoughts and opinions are my own. This post may...
by Howard Blount | Nov 11, 2018
Take a New York civil rights road trip to Manhattan, Bethel, Auburn, Seneca Falls, and Rochester to visit historical sites connected to the American struggle for freedom and equality. I was a guest of Tour Cayuga, the Seneca County Chamber of Commerce, and Visit...
by Howard Blount | Oct 12, 2018
Design your own Tennessee road trip with Backroad Planet’s itinerary planning resources, recommended destinations, Civil War and Civil Rights historical sites, plus 16 themed trails and byways. I was a guest of many destinations throughout Tennessee, but all...
by Howard Blount | Jul 7, 2018
Discover six Louisiana plantation tours that authentically interpret the slave experience, including Oak Alley, St. Joseph, Evergreen, Destrehan, Laura, and Whitney. I was a guest of Louisiana’s River Parishes, but all thoughts and opinions are my own. This post...
by Howard Blount | Jul 2, 2018
So what’s the difference between the terms “Creole” and “Cajun?” Louisiana historian and cultural authority Joseph Dunn sets the record straight on the Acadian exile, assimilation within the Creole population, and the late 20th...
by Howard Blount | May 20, 2018
Explore Civil Rights history in Memphis, Tennessee, with visits to the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel, Clayborn Temple, Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum, and Beale Street. I was a guest of Memphis Travel, but all thoughts and opinions are my...
by Howard Blount | May 8, 2018
We went searching for Emmett Till on a Mississippi Delta pilgrimage, and along the way we unearthed legendary bluesman Robert Johnson, walked a Tallahatchie bridge, slept in sharecropper shacks, and ultimately uncovered traces of the teen martyr whose death gave birth...
by Howard Blount | Apr 30, 2018
Follow African American heritage trails in Washington, DC, on an itinerary that includes the National Museum of African American Heritage & Culture, the African American Civil War Museum, the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, the Martin Luther King Jr....
