Harlem & The Rise Of Gospel Music Walking Tour
The tour is conducted by a New York City licensed tour guide. We offer this tour in French or English. Our tour guides are native speakers if each languages. In this tour we will visit 9 landmark sites which include the first Black Episcopal, Methodist, Pentecostal, and Baptist churches. We will examine their history, their leaders, and their role in the anti-slavery movement as well as the civil rights movement. This tour also looks at the role of Gospel music in the history of the Black church. We will study its growth from the ring shout (the foundation of all African American music), to the Spirituals, the role of the Protestant hymnals, ending with what became known as Gospel Blues, today simply called Gospel music. The tour ends with a visit to a church service where we will listen to a live Gospel choir, it is not a concert but a real church service.
Options
English Tour
What's included in Harlem & The Rise Of Gospel Music Walking Tour
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Mt Olivet Baptist Church
Mt. Olivet Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist church that has faithfully ministered and served our local community for over 200 years.
The address refers to a section of Malcolm X Boulevard (formerly Lenox Avenue) in Harlem, New York City, specifically between 118th and 120th Streets. This area falls within the 10027 zip code. Malcolm X Boulevard runs north-south through Harlem, and the specified section is in the heart of the neighborhood.
Malcolm X Blvd & W 124th St New York, NY 10027 USA. Harlem Renaissance
Inclusions
- A Licensed New York city born Tour Guide with a portable video and audio system.
- Hotel Pick Up
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting Points
- Take the #2 or #3 train to 116th Street stop. Walk North on Malcom X Boulevard/Lenox. There are other tours companies, do not go to any tour guide. Our guides, Sylvie, Kent or Pascal will come and pick you up.
End Points
- The Abyssinian Baptist Church
