dollar and a chilly and wet winter day as part of a birthday-celebration getaway. Tour guide Ricki Stevenson let me tag along as she escorted four black tourists from Texas, who braved the weak U.S. Any American with even a slight familiarity with Paris knows about Josephine Baker, the black swivel-hipped cabaret entertainer who shunned racism in America, vaulted to stardom here in 1925, and stayed on to become one of France's most adored 20th century icons.īut what about William Wells Brown, the 19th-century former slave turned abolitionist who once expressed awe that he could pray next to whites at La Madeleine church, or that some tipped their hat to him on Paris streets?īoth historical figures feature high in Black Paris Tours, offering a glimpse of the mutual love affair between black Americans and the City of Light.
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