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Paris Reflections: Walks Through African-American Paris
Paris, one of the world's great cities, has a long and rich tradition of embracing people of diverse ethnic backgrounds. For more than two centuries, African Americans have been among the racial and cultural mosaic that has thrived in Paris and helped to make the city a world-renowned center of imagination and creativity. Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, James Baldwin, Ada "Bricktop" Smith, Sidney Bechet, Victor Sejour, Josephine Baker, Henry O. Tanner, and numerous other African Americans have lived, worked, and played in Paris, and while doing so contributed significantly to the city's legacy of achievement in art, literature, science, business, sport, social reform, political science, and numerous other fields.

Paris Reflections takes the reader on six walking tours through historic districts of Paris where the African-American presence has been prominent. The authors have assembled a vast amount of information about the lives and works of many of Paris's most prominent African Americans, and all who walk the city's neighborhoods with Paris Reflections in hand will become intimately familiar with the stage and exact locations upon which so much of the area's vibrant African-American history has played out. Each walk is accompanied by a clear and detailed map that will help the reader easily navigate the intricate streets and buildings of the City of Light.

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Paris Reflections: Walks Through African-American Paris
Paris, one of the world's great cities, has a long and rich tradition of embracing people of diverse ethnic backgrounds. For more than two centuries, African Americans have been among the racial and cultural mosaic that has thrived in Paris and helped to make the city a world-renowned center of imagination and creativity. Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, James Baldwin, Ada "Bricktop" Smith, Sidney Bechet, Victor Sejour, Josephine Baker, Henry O. Tanner, and numerous other African Americans have lived, worked, and played in Paris, and while doing so contributed significantly to the city's legacy of achievement in art, literature, science, business, sport, social reform, political science, and numerous other fields.

Paris Reflections takes the reader on six walking tours through historic districts of Paris where the African-American presence has been prominent. The authors have assembled a vast amount of information about the lives and works of many of Paris's most prominent African Americans, and all who walk the city's neighborhoods with Paris Reflections in hand will become intimately familiar with the stage and exact locations upon which so much of the area's vibrant African-American history has played out. Each walk is accompanied by a clear and detailed map that will help the reader easily navigate the intricate streets and buildings of the City of Light.

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Paris Reflections: Walks Through African-American Paris

Paris Reflections: Walks Through African-American Paris

Paris Reflections: Walks Through African-American Paris

Paris Reflections: Walks Through African-American Paris

Overview

Paris, one of the world's great cities, has a long and rich tradition of embracing people of diverse ethnic backgrounds. For more than two centuries, African Americans have been among the racial and cultural mosaic that has thrived in Paris and helped to make the city a world-renowned center of imagination and creativity. Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, James Baldwin, Ada "Bricktop" Smith, Sidney Bechet, Victor Sejour, Josephine Baker, Henry O. Tanner, and numerous other African Americans have lived, worked, and played in Paris, and while doing so contributed significantly to the city's legacy of achievement in art, literature, science, business, sport, social reform, political science, and numerous other fields.

Paris Reflections takes the reader on six walking tours through historic districts of Paris where the African-American presence has been prominent. The authors have assembled a vast amount of information about the lives and works of many of Paris's most prominent African Americans, and all who walk the city's neighborhoods with Paris Reflections in hand will become intimately familiar with the stage and exact locations upon which so much of the area's vibrant African-American history has played out. Each walk is accompanied by a clear and detailed map that will help the reader easily navigate the intricate streets and buildings of the City of Light.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780939923885
Publisher: McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, The
Publication date: 04/28/2002
Pages: 144
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

Prefacevii
Introduction1
Significant Dates for African-American History in Paris6
Walks through African-American Paris9
Sorbonne / Mouffetard Walk13
Saint-Germain-des-Pres / Luxembourg--A Circular Walk25
Saint-Michel / Musee d'Orsay Walk36
Montparnasse Walk49
Notre-Dame-de-Lorette / Opera Walk62
Louvre / Arc de Triomphe Walk74
Profiles--Black People in Paris Reflections87
For Additional Information108
Travel Tips111
Subject Index124
Street Index132
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