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| 95th Annual ASALH Convention 2010 Black History Theme: The History of Black Economic Empowerment Raleigh, NC September 29 - October 3, 2010 |
This year, ASALH will be making tours available to our conventioneers on two separate
days, Wednesday and Thursday. We expect that all tours will sell out so purchase your
ticket today!
Wednesday Pre-Conference Tour of Raleigh/Durham*
Wednesday, Capital City Tours will be taking ASALH Conventioneers on a
Raleigh/Durham Tour. Three of the stops on this exciting tour include:
Stagville Plantation, a remnant of one of the largest plantations of the pre-Civil War South.
The plantation belonged to the Bennehan-Cameron family, whose combined holdings
totaled approximately 900 slaves and almost 30,000 acres of land by 1860.
African American Cultural Complex with its unique collection of artifacts, documents and
displays of outstanding contributions made by African Americans that are housed in
several buildings along a picturesque nature trail.
James E. Shepard House, built in 1925 for North Carolina Central University’s Founder,
James E. Shepard.
Lunch with this tour is on your own.
Thursday Tours of Raleigh*
As always, there are two styles of Thursday tour, Riding and Walking. The Thursday tours
are a part of the FULL MEETING PACKAGE.
If you opt to take the “Riding” tour, some of the attractions include:
Dr. Pope House, the last surviving building from a once-thriving neighborhood of middle
and professional class African Americans, defined by the racial segregation of early 20th-
century Raleigh.
Raleigh Black Business District whose proximity made the section of East Hargett Street
between South Wilmington and South Blount Streets a center of African American-owned
businesses.
St. Augustine’s College, founded in 1867 as Saint Augustine’s Normal School and
Collegiate Institute by the Episcopal Church to educate freemen.
For the more adventurous there is the “Walking” Tour and this package includes:
Lightner Funeral Home, the family business of the first popularly elected, and first black,
mayor of Raleigh, Clarence Everett Lightner.
Shaw University, the first historically Black university of the south established in 1865.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Gardens, the first public park in America solely
dedicated to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the historic Civil Rights
Movement.
Both the Riding and Walking tours will return to the Marriott in time for the Thursday
Luncheon.
*Both tours have scheduled rest stops.
days, Wednesday and Thursday. We expect that all tours will sell out so purchase your
ticket today!
Wednesday Pre-Conference Tour of Raleigh/Durham*
Wednesday, Capital City Tours will be taking ASALH Conventioneers on a
Raleigh/Durham Tour. Three of the stops on this exciting tour include:
Stagville Plantation, a remnant of one of the largest plantations of the pre-Civil War South.
The plantation belonged to the Bennehan-Cameron family, whose combined holdings
totaled approximately 900 slaves and almost 30,000 acres of land by 1860.
African American Cultural Complex with its unique collection of artifacts, documents and
displays of outstanding contributions made by African Americans that are housed in
several buildings along a picturesque nature trail.
James E. Shepard House, built in 1925 for North Carolina Central University’s Founder,
James E. Shepard.
Lunch with this tour is on your own.
Thursday Tours of Raleigh*
As always, there are two styles of Thursday tour, Riding and Walking. The Thursday tours
are a part of the FULL MEETING PACKAGE.
If you opt to take the “Riding” tour, some of the attractions include:
Dr. Pope House, the last surviving building from a once-thriving neighborhood of middle
and professional class African Americans, defined by the racial segregation of early 20th-
century Raleigh.
Raleigh Black Business District whose proximity made the section of East Hargett Street
between South Wilmington and South Blount Streets a center of African American-owned
businesses.
St. Augustine’s College, founded in 1867 as Saint Augustine’s Normal School and
Collegiate Institute by the Episcopal Church to educate freemen.
For the more adventurous there is the “Walking” Tour and this package includes:
Lightner Funeral Home, the family business of the first popularly elected, and first black,
mayor of Raleigh, Clarence Everett Lightner.
Shaw University, the first historically Black university of the south established in 1865.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Gardens, the first public park in America solely
dedicated to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the historic Civil Rights
Movement.
Both the Riding and Walking tours will return to the Marriott in time for the Thursday
Luncheon.
*Both tours have scheduled rest stops.