A Key Component of The Kuumba Festival of Florida is to provide cultural awareness and enlightenment about the "Best Kept Secrets" of Florida's vast African / African American history.
Join us for the Kuumba Tours through as we connect the dots from Jacksonville, NC all the way to Jacksonville, Florida...in one day!
Your trip is custom-designed around your interests.
You are offered insights and experiences with our historians, specialist curators.
You can order your photos and video withing days on the world wide web.
You enter doors that are normally closed.
Your arrangements are guided by the steady hands of experienced travel experts.
You benefit from unparalleled knowledge and local connections before you make your first trip!
You have access to the finest hand-picked guides and service providers.
OUR PHILOSOPY ON TOURISM
We believe that social tourism serves neither the tourists nor the host community. Travel—at its best —rewards the traveler with rich and diverse experiences:
expanding horizons and global awareness.
reenactments of past historical moments
face-to-face encounters with real people.
creating wonderful memories to share with family and friends back home.
We do not consider ourselves “travel” professionals. We do what we do because we truly love our ancestors and the heritage we serve, and we love giving our tourists the gift of experiences that will stay with them throughout their lives.
THURSDAY AUGUST 19TH, 2010- ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA hosted by EconTours, First Coast Coalition, Blacksonville.com, History Lives On, and the ASALH
TOUR DETAILS:
Aug. 19 bus trip will leave from downtown Jacksonville at the parking lot adjacent to the Ritz Theatre, 829 N. Davis Street, at 8 AM sharp. The bus will leave for Nassau County and arrive at 10 A.M. for an ancestral tribute at Goffinsville Park in Nassauville, followed by a visit to the historic Little Mount Olive Baptist Church, 941336 Old Nassauville Rd.,(CR 207 South) in Nasauville/Fernandina Beach.
The tour will proceed to Fernandina Beach at 11 A.M. for lunch at the New China Buffet (meal not included) with scheduled arrival at American Beach by 12:15 P.M. After a short visit the tour will proceed to Kingsley Plantation with arrival scheduled for 1 p.m. and a 30-minute visit.
Final arrival at Fort Mose is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. til 6:00pm, with return to downtown Jacksonville by 8:00pm.
JOIN US AT FORT MOSE - ST. AUGUSTINE FOR A GRAND REUNION!
THE GULLAH GEECHEE NATION - ORIGIN, CULTURE, FREEDOM
Those interviewed in the film below talk of the "erasing of ancestors" that took place when the government singularly designated grandparents or parents as black, Indian, or white.
“Black Indians: An American Story” (as seen on ABC) brings to light a forgotten part of Americans past – the cultural and racial fusion of Native and African Americans. Narrated by James Earl Jones, “Black Indians: An American Story” explores what brought the two groups together, what drove them apart and the challenges they face today. This educational DVD has captured an impressive array of awards.
This in-depth documentary examines the coalescence of these two groups in American history. Discounted, and often ignored by mainstream America, these minority peoples have often shared a common past. However, with their heritage ignored and their contributions denied they are all but invisible at the dawn of the new millennium.
