Cape Verde: Morna, Mornings, and Kriolu Island Life
Cape Verde’s Sal and Santiago islands blend easy beach-resort access with a genuinely distinct Afro-Portuguese Creole identity and one of the earliest colonial towns in the tropics.
Uluru & Beyond: What Black Travelers Should Know About Aboriginal Australia
Inspired directly by the US Freedom Rides, a group of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australian students rode a bus through rural New South Wales in 1965 to confront segregation and discrimination against Aboriginal Australians.
Mauritius: The Indian Ocean’s Best-Kept Black History Secret
Mauritius delivers pure luxury-beach-resort escapism with 60 days visa-free entry, but Le Morne Brabant’s maroon history adds real depth for readers who want more than an infinity pool.
Muscat & Salalah: Meeting Oman’s Afro-Omani Community
Afro-Omanis, concentrated in Muscat, Sur, and Salalah, are descendants of enslaved East Africans brought through Oman’s historic maritime trade routes, plus generations of Zanzibaris who resettled in Oman after 1964.
Chatham-Kent & Dresden, Ontario: Canada’s Underground Railroad Terminus
Southwestern Ontario was the literal end of the line for the Underground Railroad. Buxton’s Elgin Settlement and Dresden’s Josiah Henson Museum sit thirty minutes apart and form a full day of Black Canadian history.
American Beach, Florida: The Segregation-Era Resort Built for “Recreation and Relaxation Without Humiliation”
A.L. Lewis founded American Beach on Amelia Island in 1935 as a segregation-era beach resort for Black vacationers, and it thrived as “The Negro Ocean Playground” for decades. His granddaughter, the legendary “Beach Lady” MaVynee Betsch, later fought to preserve it.
Nicodemus, Kansas: The Only Remaining Black Settlement West of the Mississippi from the Reconstruction Era
Nicodemus is the last surviving of dozens of all-Black towns founded on the Great Plains during Reconstruction. The National Park Service site preserves its original buildings, and the annual summer Homecoming brings descendants back from across the country.
Africville, Nova Scotia: The Black Community Halifax Bulldozed â and the Museum That Remembers It
Africville was a self-sufficient Black Nova Scotian community founded in the mid-1800s and destroyed by Halifax’s own urban renewal program. The Africville Museum, built as a replica of the community’s church, now sits on the original site.
Money & Sumner, Mississippi: The Emmett Till Memory Trail Most Travelers Don’t Know Exists
Money and Sumner, Mississippi hold the physical sites of the 1955 Emmett Till case: Bryant’s Grocery, the Tallahatchie County Courthouse, and the Emmett Till Interpretive Center.
Eatonville, Florida: The Oldest Incorporated Black Town in America and Zora Neale Hurston’s Hometown
Eatonville, Florida incorporated in 1887 as one of the first self-governing Black municipalities in the U.S. and later raised author Zora Neale Hurston.
