A timeline tracing the history of Black travelers through the centuries
Mary Seacole was a nurse, world traveler and businesswoman. She traveled from her home in Jamaica to Panama, England, and Ukraine and set up the “British Hotel” behind the lines during the Crimean War. Based on her life experiences, she wrote her autobiography titled “Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in.. Read More…
Nancy Gardner Prince (September 15, 1799 – c. 1856) was a businesswoman and missionary who sailed to Russia and the Caribbean starting in the 1820s. In 1850, she wrote what may have very well been the first travel book written by an African American woman entitled, “A Narrative of the.. Read More…
On September 9th, 2000, MMGY Global announced that they would be developing a series of market research studies to be informed by diverse travel advocacy organizations to better identify the needs, behaviors, and sentiments of underrepresented travel communities. The first installment of these studies titled The Black Traveler: Insights, Opportunities.. Read More…
Black Meetings & Tourism, founded in 1994, is a bi-monthly trade publication for and about the $40 billion-plus African American group and leisure travel, incentives, and meetings market. References: Black Meetings & Tourism. Photo: Black Meetings & Tourism – September/October 2020 Issue. Black Meetings & Tourism.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a 1976 novel written by Alex Haley. It tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century African, captured as an adolescent, sold into slavery in Africa and transported to North America, following his life and the lives of his descendants in the.. Read More…
Victor Hugo Green (November 9, 1892 – October 16, 1960) was a Black American postal employee and travel writer from Harlem, New York City, best known for developing and writing what became known as The Negro Motorist Green Book, a travel guide for African Americans in the United States. During.. Read More…