| You can literally go in any direction from | | | | allows visitors to check out a classic black |
| Detroit's riverfront and see why this is such | | | | movie playing on the theater screen. |
| a major center for African American culture. | | | | |
| From the world's largest museum of African | | | | Part museum, part vibrant historical village, |
| American history or Hitsville U.S.A., where | | | | The Henry Ford is the largest indoor/outdoor |
| all Motown stars were born, when it comes to | | | | history attraction in North America. Here, |
| African American culture and history, all | | | | visitors can enter the restored bus where |
| roads eventually lead to Detroit. | | | | Rosa Parks made history by refusing to give |
| | | | up her seat to a white man in Montgomery, |
| Near the riverfront, trace the turbulent and | | | | Alabama on Dec. 1, 1955. The act galvanized |
| dramatic history of the Underground Railroad | | | | the American Civil Rights Movement. The bus |
| at the Second Baptist Church, the Midwest's | | | | is the centerpiece of the "With Liberty and |
| oldest African-American church and major | | | | Justice For All" exhibit, which focuses on |
| Underground Railroad in the 19th century. | | | | the American struggle for freedom. In |
| More than 5,000 slaves passed through Second | | | | Greenfield Village, the Mattox House was the |
| Baptist on their way to Canada. Tours of the | | | | home to three generations of the Mattox |
| basement, which served as the station, are | | | | family who lived outside of Savannah, Georgia |
| available by appointment. | | | | from Reconstruction through the 1930s. |
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| Just eight miles east of the Windsor/Detroit | | | | Aside from the automotive industry, perhaps |
| border, visitors can also explore the John | | | | nothing put Detroit on the map like Motown. |
| Freeman Walls Historic Site and Underground | | | | Revisit the glory years that produced such |
| Railroad. The property is owned by | | | | stars at Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, the |
| descendants of John and Jane Walls, former | | | | Temptations, the Supremes, and the Jackson |
| slaves who made the trip from slavery in | | | | Five in Detroit's cultural center. Motown's |
| North Carolina to freedom in Canada in 1846. | | | | headquarters, founded by Berry Gordy, a |
| Tour leaders, or "Conductors," together with | | | | one-time auto line worker, has been restored |
| historic buildings provide a first-hand look | | | | to its 1960s glory. Originally converted from |
| at what kind of challenges fugitive slaves | | | | a photographer's studio, the Motown |
| faced. | | | | headquarters and studio stayed open 22 hours |
| | | | a day and 7 days a week during its peak |
| Also in Ontario, Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic | | | | years. Visitors are able to see the upstairs |
| Site offers visitors a look at what it was | | | | offices and the studio where vocalists and |
| like to live as a former slave in the 19th | | | | the Funk Brothers created the Motown Sound. |
| century. Visitors look through the | | | | Rare photographs, gold records, and Michael |
| settlement's original buildings, including | | | | Jackson's sequined glove are on display. |
| the home of Reverend Josiah Henson, who found | | | | |
| the settlement for escaped slaves. There's | | | | The nation's fifth-largest art museum, the |
| also an interpretive museum and galleries | | | | Detroit Institute of Arts was one of the |
| providing information on early | | | | first major art museums to have a permanent |
| African-American communities in Canada. | | | | showcase for African art. The DIA collection |
| | | | features works from more than 1,000 African |
| The world's largest museum dedicated to | | | | cultures placing it among the most extensive |
| African American history, the Charles H. | | | | collections in North America. The DIA's |
| Wright Museum features "And Still We Rise," | | | | Egyptian collection features a wide range of |
| an interactive walk-through exhibit that | | | | artifacts including linen-wrapped mummies, |
| begins on a slave ship where casts of slaves | | | | sculptures, and coffins. The museum's |
| lay crowded together and simulated sounds of | | | | selection of West African art includes |
| the Atlantic surround you. In another section | | | | amazing Benin royal brass sculptures and a |
| of the exhibit, visitors find themselves on | | | | wood palace door carved from wood by the |
| an early 20th-century city street in the | | | | artists Olowe of the Ise culture. The |
| middle of the museum. Guests can walk into | | | | museum's modern and contemporary art |
| the Horseshoe Bar and Grille or watch black | | | | collection features African American artists |
| and white TV through an appliance store | | | | including Augusta Savage, Hughie Smith-Lee, |
| window. A replica of the Paradise Theatre | | | | and Benny Andrews. |