Tour 5: Black San Francisco Art and History Walking Tour

Saturday, January 6, 2024: 12:15 PM-2:30 PM
Yosemite C (Hilton Union Square, Ballroom)
Tour Leader: Aliyah Dunn-Salahuddin, Stanford University Participants will watch a short film created by the tour leader, entitled Sites of Memory and Recovery: A Black San Francisco Story in Dance, before departing on a walking tour of nearby sites of San Francisco’s African American history. Stops include the Leidesdorff Monument, one of the city’s only monuments to a 19th-century African American resident; the Museum of the African Diaspora; and the Martin Luther King Memorial. Please note: The walking tour will cover approximately two miles over mostly flat city sidewalks. The museum is ADA compliant. Limit 25 people. $35 members, $40 nonmembers

Session Abstract

Tour Leader: Aliyah Dunn-Salahuddin, Stanford University

Participants will watch a short film created by the tour leader, entitled Sites of Memory and Recovery: A Black San Francisco Story in Dance, before departing on a walking tour of nearby sites of San Francisco’s African American history. Stops include the Leidesdorff Monument, one of the city’s only monuments to a 19th-century African American resident; the Museum of the African Diaspora; and the Martin Luther King Memorial.

Please note: The walking tour will cover approximately two miles over mostly flat city sidewalks. The museum is ADA compliant.

Limit 25 people. $35 members, $40 nonmembers

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