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Alabama Heritage Tourism Grows From Tuscaloosa to New Orleans
The piece chronicles personal journeys like Kathe Hamrick in Gonzales and the rise of African American heritage tourism. It highlights museums and sites, notably Tezcuco plantation, New Orleans Essence Festival, and Alabama's Civil Rights Institute, as major catalysts. Growth in visitation and spend across states is noted, with calls for healing and remembrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathe Hamrick
Mississippi River
Tezcuco
Hamrick
Gonzales
New Orleans
Greater
South
IBM
Debbie Purifoy
Terenco
Keith
Annette Harland
Harlands
Joycelyn Robinson- Hubbuch
Frances Smiley
State Bureau of Tourism and Travel
Alabama
Montgomery
Birmingham
Civil Rights Institute
Institute
Kelly Ingram Park
16Th Street Baptist Church
Sara Fuller