Black history tours in Paris

From: New Pittsburgh Courier | Date: November 15, 2000 | Copyright information

Black history tours in Paris

Black Paris Tours is a new travel service that conducts Black history tours in Paris, France. The company is featured in the 2001 edition of Fodor's Travel Guide.

Black Paris Tours is owned by former San Francisco Bay area journalist, Ricki Stevenson, who moved to Paris in October 1997.

Today, Stevenson is living her lifelong dream of residing in the French capital and introducing tourists to African-American history in Paris.

"I am amazed at the wealth of African-American history in France," Stevenson said. "It blows me away to see what a dominant cultural force ...

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