A timeline tracing the history of Black travelers through the centuries
Poet and writer, Phillis Wheatley, sailed to England in 1773 with her slave master, Nathaniel Wheatley in search of a publisher for her work because none was available in the United States. Her book, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral was published in London on September 1, 1773 by.. Read More…
President Obama, the first Black president of the United States visits Goree Island, Senegal, with his wife, First Lady, Michell Obama, and other members of their family. Goree Island is a symbolically important landmark that serves as a reminder of ships bound for America bearing enslaved Africans in shackles. References:.. Read More…
On September 28, 2018, Woni Spotts completed her goal of visiting all seven continents and the 195 countries recognized by the United Nations. Much of Spotts travel occurred during the 1970s and 1980s before the era of social media, and so her proof comes in the form of airline records,.. Read More…
On October 6, 2019, Jessica Nabongo completed her goal of visiting all 195 United Nations member countries and observing states, including the Vatican and Palestine, when she arrived in her final country, Seychelles. A travel entrepreneur and photographer, Nabongo, documented her journey via social media, particularly her popular Instagram account.. Read More…
Between the 1920s to 1960s, African American intellectuals such as Richard Wright, Josephine Baker, James Baldwin, and Langston Hughes traveled to Paris to escape the racism and segregation happening in the United States. As a reflection of these travels, in his 1951 essay, I Choose Exile, author and poet Richard.. Read More…
Booker T. Washington, an educator, author, and leader in the African American community, takes his first trip to Europe during a leave of absence from his tenure at Tuskegee University. In his autobiography, Up from Slavery, Washington describes the release of his cares and burdens lifting at a rate of.. Read More…
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (W. E. B. Du Bois), an American sociologist and one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), visits Europe for the first time as a graduate student at the University of Berlin. During this 1892 visit, W. E… Read More…
In August 1845, Frederick Douglass began what would be nearly a 2-year long tour of Ireland, Scotland, and England. Douglass had only escaped from slavery seven years earlier and had been speaking at abolition meetings for four years. The abolitionist commenced what would become his Transatlantic tour when he first.. Read More…